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Night Witches

all-female regiment of the Soviet Air Forces
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Facts

9 properties
Instance of
Aviation Regiment
Award received
Order of Suvorov, 3rd class, Order of the Red Banner[1][2]
Inception
1941[6]
Country
Soviet Union[3]
Commanded by
Yevdokiya Bershanskaya[9]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1945[7]
Military branch
bomber aviation, Soviet Air Forces[4][5]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Exciting women in history on Wikipedia, gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[10][11]
Participated in conflict
World War II[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment en 588th Night Bomber Regiment en Night Witches ar ساحرات الليل cs 46. gardový noční bombardovací letecký pluk cs 588. noční lehký bombardovací letecký pluk da Natteheksene de Nachthexen de 46. Garde-Nachtbombenfliegerregiment de 588. Nachtbombenfliegerregiment el Μάγισσες της νύχτας es 588.º Regimiento de Bombardeo Nocturno fi Yön noidat fr 46e régiment d'aviation de bombardement de nuit de la Garde fr 46e régiment d'aviation de bombardement nocturne de la Garde fr 46 GNBAP fr 46 Gv NBAP fr 588e régiment d'aviation de bombardement de nuit fr 588e régiment d'aviation de bombardement nocturne fr 588e régiment d'aviation de bombardiers nocturnes
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Евдокия Давыдовна Бершанская, 1945 г.jpg ↗
Douban film ID
27089416
Freebase ID
/m/0c62v8
IMDb ID
tt6804200
Kinopoisk film ID
1328236
Letterboxd film ID
night-witches-2017
TMDB movie ID
442809
TheTVDB movie ID
127596
Topic's main category
Category:Night Witches
Trakt.tv ID
movies/night-witches-2017
Trakt.tv film ID
288295
YouTube video ID
heFs6YVkNkY

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🔗 Connections
← Military unit 6
Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, Natalya Meklin, Marina Chechneva, Meri Avidzba, Tatyana Sumarokova, Polina Makagon
← Member of 3
Khiuaz Dospanova, Rufina Gasheva, Antonina Khudyakova
← Commander of (DEPRECATED) 2
Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, Serafima Amosova
Award received 1
Order of the Red Banner
Commanded by 1
Yevdokiya Bershanskaya
Country 1
Soviet Union
Military branch 1
Soviet Air Forces
Participated in conflict 1
World War II
Topic's main category 1
Category:Night Witches
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Night Witches
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FAQs

What awards did Night Witches receive?

Honors received include Order of Suvorov, 3rd class[1] and Order of the Red Banner[2].

Related Entities

Khiuaz Dospanova

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  10. [10] ↑ . facebook.com. facebook.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Brya · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved → —
    Country → Soviet Union
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Military branch → bomber aviation, Soviet Air Forces
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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