Yekaterina Ryabova is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Yekaterina Ryabova as WWII bomber navigator and Heroine of the Soviet Union (1921–1974).
Yekaterina Ryabova was born at Gus-Zhelezny in 1921. Her recorded nationality is Soviet Union.
The heroic age of polar exploration pushed men and dogs to the limits of endurance for objectives that were as symbolic as they were geographic.
She is recorded as aircraft pilot.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Recognition followed: Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner and Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class.
Yekaterina Ryabova died in 1974, aged 53. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
- Recorded as aircraft pilot
