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completely expelled from the area. However, during the battle for the peninsula
Kostyrina was wounded in combat twice, and had to be hospitalized for a while due to her injuries. Eventually she recovered and went on to participate in additional landing operations, going through a special training program for amphibious landing operations that conducted drills on how to board ships and overcome the strong coastal defenses the Germans had put in place. On 8 November 1943 she was deployed with her regiment to land on the
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offensive. With the 383rd division deployed to breach the Blue Line on the Taman peninsula in May, the prolonged battle that ensued lasted for several months; after breaking through the blue line in
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in hopes of being accepted into the Red Army. When German forces advanced towards
Kropotkin in August 1942, she enlisted in the army and was deployed as part of the 691st Infantry Regiment. From her first days on the warfront she took part in the defense of the areas on the coast of the Black Sea
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operations. Her sniper tally totaled 120 kills at the time of her death. After she was killed in action she was buried in a mass grave on hill 102.0 near
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