Nadezhda durova biography examples

Russian author and military veteran, the first woman to hold officer's rank in the Russian Empire and the first to be awarded the Cross of St.

George, whosemost important work, The Cavalry Maiden, describes her adventures disguised as a man while serving for nine years in the Russian Imperial cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars.Name variations: Nadezha; while serving in the Imperial Russian Army she used the name Aleksander Andreievich Aleksandrov.

Born Nadezhda Andreevna Durova in September in Kherson, Russia; died on March 21, , in Elabuga, Russia; daughter of Andrei Vasil'evich Durov and Nadezhda Ivanonvna Durova; sister of Vasily Andreievich, Evgeniia Andreievna , and Kleopatra Andreievna; married V.S.

Chernov; children: one son.

The daughter of a cavalry captain in the Imperial Russian Army, Nadezhda Durova was born in Kherson but in moved with her parents to the town of Sarapul when her father received an appointment as governor there.