 Nadezhda Durova

Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova () (September 17, 1783 – March 21, 1866), also known as Alexander Durov, Alexander Sokolov and Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov, was a woman who, while disguised as a man, became a decorated soldier in the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic wars.She was the first known female officer in the Russian military.