Alexandra Ovchinnikova

Alexandra Yakovlevna Ovchinnikova (sometimes translated as Aleksandra) (Russian: Александра Яковлевна Овчинникова; 7 January 1915 – 8 June 2009), a native Yakut, served as President of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. A daughter of illiterate cattle-breeders west of Yakutsk, she became a road engineer. She was named president of Yakutia in 1963 and served until 1979.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] She was succeeded by Yevdokiya Nikolayevna Gorokhova. She died at age 95 in 2009.^[7]

References

↑ O Neill, Lois Decker. The Women's book of world records and achievements, p. 59 (1979)
↑ St. George, George. Siberia: the New Frontier, p. 354 (1969)
↑ (5 November 1976). Women play a vital part in Soviet north^{[link removed]}, Anchorage Daily News
↑ Smith, Hedrick (9 May 1972). Life in Northern Siberia Is Endless Battle With the Cold, The New York Times
↑ National Geographic (1967)
↑ FEMALE PRESIDENTS OF UNDERSTATE ENTITIES, Retrieved June 11, 2012
↑ (8 June 2009). Ушла из жизни бывший председатель Президиума Верховного Совета Якутской АССР Александра Овчинникова Archived 2012-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, SahkaNews (in Russian)

[pres1-1] O Neill, Lois Decker. The Women's book of world records and achievements, p. 59 (1979)

[sib1-2] St. George, George. Siberia: the New Frontier, p. 354 (1969)

[adn1-3] (5 November 1976). Women play a vital part in Soviet north^{[link removed]}, Anchorage Daily News

[nyt1-4] Smith, Hedrick (9 May 1972). Life in Northern Siberia Is Endless Battle With the Cold, The New York Times

[ngeo1-5] National Geographic (1967)

[served1-6] FEMALE PRESIDENTS OF UNDERSTATE ENTITIES, Retrieved June 11, 2012

[obit1-7] (8 June 2009). Ушла из жизни бывший председатель Президиума Верховного Совета Якутской АССР Александра Овчинникова Archived 2012-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, SahkaNews (in Russian)

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