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'''Aleksandra Grigoryevna Samusenko''' ({{lang-ru|Александра Григорьевна Самусенко}}, {{lang-uk|Олександра Григорівна Самусенко}}, Oleksandra Hryhorivna Samusenko; 1922 – 3 March 1945) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[T-34]] tank commander and a [[liaison officer]] during [[World War II]].<ref name ="State History">{{cite web|url=http://statehistory.ru/738/Neizvestnaya-Aleksandra-Samusenko---zhenshchina-tankist|title=The Unknown Aleksandra Samusenko|publisher =State History|language=Russian|accessdate=28 December 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220184720/http://statehistory.ru/738/Neizvestnaya-Aleksandra-Samusenko---zhenshchina-tankist|archivedate=20 December 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> She was the only female tanker in the [[1st Guards Tank Army (Soviet Union)|1st Guards Tank Army]].<ref name ="State History"/>
Samusenko was awarded the [[Order of the Red Star]] for bravery in the [[Battle of Kursk]].<ref name="Murmantseva">{{cite book|last=Murmantseva|first=Vera|year=1974|title=Советские женщины в Великой Отечественной войне|trans-title=Soviet women in the Great Patriotic War|url=http://www.a-z.ru/women/texts/murman1r-13.htm|publisher=Mysl|language=ru}}</ref> She also received the [[Order of the Patriotic War]] 1st and 2nd class
==Life==
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