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. A daughter of illiterate cattle-breeders west of

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1914 births 2009 deaths People from the Sakha Republic People from Yakutsk Oblast North-Eastern Federal University alumni Members of the Central Committee of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1963–1967 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1967–1971 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1971–1975 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1975–1980 Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Soviet women in politics Yakut people Yakut women {{USSR-engineer-stub