Natalia Vladimirovna Malysheva

Natalja Wladimirowna Malyschewa ( Russian: Наталья Владимировна Малышева ; born December 12, 1921 in Feodosiya in the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Crimea ; † February 4, 2012 in Moscow ) was a Soviet - Russian missile technician and nun .

Life

Malysheva, daughter of a Zemstvo - physician , was active in sports from childhood and graduated from nursing courses. After attending school, she began studying at the Moscow State Aviation Institute (MAI) .

At the beginning of the German-Soviet war , Malysheva immediately came to the front and worked in the divisional reconnaissance in the direction of Wolokolamsk . After a three-month reconnaissance course in June 1942, she worked in the reconnaissance of the 16th Army commanded by Konstantin Konstantinowitsch Rokossowski . At the end of the war she was a lieutenant . After the war she served in Upper Silesia and came to Potsdam in 1949 .

After being discharged from the Red Army , Malysheva returned to MAI to study. She was immediately accepted into the third year course, after which she was employed as a rocket engine designer at the NII-88 Research Institute in Podlipki . She was involved in the development of the engines for controlling and braking the first ballistic missiles and spaceships . This also included the Vostok 1 with Juri Alexejewitsch Gagarin . She was also involved in the engine development for the anti-aircraft missile complex S-75 Pyotr Dmitrievich Grushins , for which she received a medal. She was the only woman on the missile complex examination commission. She received the major rank .

After retirement, Malysheva helped set up the Moscow court of the Pühitsa Russian Orthodox Women's Convent in Kuremäe . She stayed in the Moscow court and became a simple nun Adriana. Alexander Maxowitsch Schilow painted them in 2008.

Honors, prizes

Order of the Great Patriotic War

Order of the Red Star

Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union (twice)

Medal "For Merit in Combat"

Medal "For the Defense of Moscow"

Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad"

International Prize for Faith and Loyalty from the Apostle Andreas Fund, founded in 1992

Web links

Literature by and about Natalja Vladimirovna Malysheva in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Catalog of the Russian National Library : Адриана монахиня

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Монахиня в чине майора . In: Rossiyskaya gaseta . No. 249 , December 24, 2009 ( [1] [accessed May 26, 2020]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Pobeda 1945: Малышева Наталья Владимировна (accessed on May 26, 2020).
↑ ^a ^b Александра Белуза: Как разведчица Малышева стала матушкой Адрианой . February 16, 2009 ( [2] [accessed May 26, 2020]).
↑ Василий ПЕСКОВ: Житие Матушки Адрианы, в миру Натальи Малышевой . In: Komsomolskaya Pravda . February 5, 2009 ( [3] [accessed May 26, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Malysheva, Natalia Vladimirovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Малышева, Наталья Владимировна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Soviet-Russian missile technician and nun
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Feodosia
DATE OF DEATH	4th February 2012
Place of death	Moscow

[ross4-1] Монахиня в чине майора . In: Rossiyskaya gaseta . No. 249 , December 24, 2009 ( [1] [accessed May 26, 2020]).

[pop3-2] Pobeda 1945: Малышева Наталья Владимировна (accessed on May 26, 2020).

[isw5-3] Александра Белуза: Как разведчица Малышева стала матушкой Адрианой . February 16, 2009 ( [2] [accessed May 26, 2020]).

[koms1-4] Василий ПЕСКОВ: Житие Матушки Адрианы, в миру Натальи Малышевой . In: Komsomolskaya Pravda . February 5, 2009 ( [3] [accessed May 26, 2020]).