Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (circa 1941)

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (September 13, 1923 – November 29, 1941) was a Soviet partisan, executed after acts of sabotage against the invading armies of Nazi Germany; She became one of the most revered heroines of the Soviet Union.

Quotes

• Hey, comrades! Why are you looking so sad? Be brave, fight, beat the Germans, burn, wipe them out! I'm not afraid to die, comrades. It is happiness to die for one's people!
  • Quoted in №34. "Очерк Петра Александровича Лидова "Таня"
• You hang me now, but I'm not alone. There are two hundred million of us. You can't hang us all. They will avenge me.
  • Quoted in №34. "Очерк Петра Александровича Лидова "Таня"
• Farewell, comrades! Fight, do not be afraid! Stalin is with us! Stalin will come!
  • Last words, quoted in №34. "Очерк Петра Александровича Лидова "Таня"