Vera Butcharev
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Vera Butcharev was the Captain of the Women's Battalion of Death in Russia during World War I. She continued to fight German soldiers while the male soldiers retreated, and was noted for her heroism.
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- Salmonson, Jessica Amanda (1991). The Encyclopedia of Amazons: Women Warriors from Antiquity to the Modern Era. New York: Paragon House, p. 44. ISBN 1557784205.
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