Elena Mikhailovna Volkova

Private Elena Volkova joined the partisan movement at age seventeen after her village in the Bryansk region was destroyed by German forces. Operating in the dense Bryansk forests, her unit sabotaged railways, ambushed supply columns, and gathered intelligence for the Red Army. After liberation she completed her education and became a teacher. She moved to Cardiff in the 2000s to be near her grandchildren and was an active member of the local Russian community.