Open AccessWOMAN DIVER: FEAT IN THE NAME OF LIFE
Author(s) -
З. А. Левченко,
Д. А. Алексеенко,
А. Н. Ятманов
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
morskaâ medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-7828
pISSN - 2413-5747
DOI - 10.22328/2413-5747-2020-6-s-46-49
Subject(s) - st petersburg , blockade , power (physics) , pipeline (software) , history , work (physics) , art , art history , economic history , archaeology , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , physics , receptor , metropolitan area , quantum mechanics
In January 2019, the 75 th anniversary of the lifting of the blockade of Leningrad was celebrated. The first woman in the Soviet Union, a diver Nina Vasilievna Sokolova, made a huge contribution to saving the life of the city. She spent a total of more than 600 hours under water, was engaged in lifting wrecks with the most important cargo for residents of an isolated city, was the initiator and actively participated in laying an oil pipeline and a power line along the bottom of Lake Ladoga. This helped the city survive in the most difficult days of the blockade. Nina Vasilievna finished the war with the rank of colonel engineer. In memory of her heroic work, a memorial plaque was erected in St. Petersburg.