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[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Can someone explain to me how the tank deal worked? I'm looking at the wikipedia article about her and I have no idea what this means:

After her husband was killed fighting in 1941, Oktyabrskaya sold her possessions to donate a tank for the war effort

did she give money to the government to pay for one tank on an assembly line somewhere?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

She wrote to Stalin personally to give her a tank for that money, which he obliged.

“My husband was killed in action defending the motherland. I want revenge on the fascist dogs for his death and for the death of Soviet people tortured by the fascist barbarians. For this purpose I’ve deposited all my personal savings – 50,000 rubles – to the National Bank in order to build a tank. I kindly ask to name the tank ‘Fighting Girlfriend’ and to send me to the frontline as a driver of said tank.”

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Hell yeah

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

IIRC it was largely symbolic because what she had didn't come close to paying for a T-34, but they were willing to let her sign up regardless.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Brief googling, she paid for more than a third of a T-34.

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