Aliya Moldagulova

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{{Eastern Slavic name|Nurmuhametqyzy|Moldagulova}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Aliya Nurmuhametqyzy Moldagulova
|native_name=Әлия Нұрмұхамедқызы Молдағұлова
|birth_date= October 25, 1925
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1944|1|14|1925|10|25}}
|birth_place= [[Kobda District|Bulak]], [[Kazakh SSR]], Soviet Union
|death_place= [[Novosokolniki]], [[Pskov Oblast]], [[Soviet Union]]
|placeofburial= [[Monakovo]], Pskov
|image=Alija.jpg
|caption= Alia Moldagulova commemorated on a 1995 Kazakhstan postage stamp
|allegiance = {{flag|Soviet Union}}
|branch={{Flagicon image|Red Army flag.svg}} [[Red Army]]
|serviceyears= 1942-1944
|rank =
|commands =
|unit =
|battles = [[World War II]]
|awards = {{Hero of the Soviet Union}} {{Order of Lenin}}
}}
'''Aliya Nurmuhametqyzy Moldagulova''' ({{lang-kk|'''Әлия Нұрмұхамедқызы Молдағұлова'''}}) is a Soviet [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] recipient.

==Biography==
Moldagulova was born on October 25, 1925 in [[Kobda District|Bulak]], [[Kazakhstan]]. She lost her parents during her childhood and was living with her uncle in [[Alma-Ata]]. By 1935 she moved to [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] where her uncle was enrolled into a Military-transport academy. In fall of 1939 she was sent to the [[orphanage]] from which she was evacuated when the war began in 1942 via [[Ladoga Lake]]. On October 1 of the same year Moldagulova got a scholarship at [[Rybinsk Aviatechnical School]]. After studying there for three months she filed a waiver to join the [[Red Army]]. In May 1943 she was enrolled into Central female school where she was trained as a [[sniper]]. In July 1943 she joined the [[54th shooting brigade]] with her [[girlfriend]]s. In January 1944 her brigade ambushed Germans at the [[Novosokolniki]]—[[Dno]] railway. Later on, she realized that the [[commander]] is missing, and assumed command. On top of her lungs she shouted: «For the Native land! Let`s go!» and the whole battalion jumped into German trenches. Aliya was hit by a [[land mine]] blast which happened during hand-to-hand combat, but she got only a [[splinter]] on her hand. Despite the wound, she bravely fought off the enemy officers, but she was wounded again and this time the wound was a mortal one. She died from a gunshot wound that day and was awarded [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] badge on June 4, 1944 and [[Order of Lenin]]. Her burial can be found in [[Monakovo]], [[Pskov]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cvsi.kz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=222%3A2012-09-26-12-05-42&Itemid=118&lang=en |title=Aliya Moldagulova |date=September 26, 2012 |accessdate=July 27, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021232309/http://www.cvsi.kz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=222%3A2012-09-26-12-05-42&Itemid=118&lang=en |archivedate=October 21, 2013 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:Alie Moldagulovoi Novosokolniki.jpg|thumb|right|Aliya Moldagulova monument in Novosokolniki]]
*On May 9, 1995 as a part of 50th anniversary of end of World War II, Kazakhstan issued a stamp dedicated to Aliya Moldagulova.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/294590-Portrait_of_Aliya_Moldagulova_and_tank-50th_Anniversary_of_End_of_WWII-Kazakhstan |title=Aliya Moldagulova stamp|accessdate=July 27, 2013}}</ref>
*In 1997 a monument was erected in her name in [[Astana]] Square.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://dostoprim.almaty.kz/page.php?page_id=163&lang=2&article_id=595|title=Attractions of Almaty|accessdate=July 27, 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of female Heroes of the Soviet Union]]

==References==
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[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:1944 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kobda District]]
[[Category:Soviet aviators]]
[[Category:Soviet military snipers]]
[[Category:Military snipers]]
[[Category:Soviet military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Soviet military personnel killed in World War II]]
[[Category:Women in the Russian and Soviet military]]
[[Category:Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic people]]
[[Category:Deaths by firearm in the Soviet Union]]

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