Background
Ubiivovk, Elena was born in 1918.
Ubiivovk, Elena was born in 1918.
Student at Khar’kov University, 1937. Took part in partisan activity in German-occupied Ukraine, near Poltava. Engaged in intelligence work, arrested by the Gestapo and shot.
Posthumously proclaimed a Hero of the Soviet Union after a very long delay (1965), allegedly because her heroic activity came to light through research conducted long after the war.