List of female Heroes of the Soviet Union References Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya, Story of Zoya and Shura, Foreign Languages Publishing House: Moscow, 1953 ("Shura" is a nickname for "Alexander", the author is Zoya's mother). External links Martyrdom of village priest Pyotr Kosmodemyansky (in Russian) Zoya's Story, a short biography, some tributes and excerpts from the book "Story of Zoya and Shura" Photo of dead Zoya Biography (in Russian), on the website dedicated to the Heroes of the Soviet Union/Russia Short Biographical Article (in English), from Northstar Compass Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya From The Voice of Russia 1923 births 1941 deaths People from Tambov Oblast People from Kirsanovsky Uyezd Women in the Russian and Soviet military Female resistance members of World War II Soviet partisans Russian people of World War II Heroes of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin Soviet prisoners of war Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany Executed Russian women Executed Russian people Soviet civilians killed in World War II People executed by Nazi Germany by hanging Russian people executed by Nazi Germany Executed Soviet people from Russia Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Russian women in World War II