What looks effortless is actually a perfect combination of impressive upper body control, short and very rapid dance steps, and hooped skirts beneath the dancers’ floor-length gowns to help conceal their busy feets.
12 Soviet Soldiers, with a confirmed total of 775 Nazi killed between them. Throughout WW2, over 800,000 women served in the Soviet armed forces. 89 women received the highest award of Hero of the Soviet for their part as snipers, machine gunners, and tank operators.