Career
While escaping Kiev after the Germans targeted it, she collected valuable information and gave it to 5th Airborne Brigade Russian Airborne Troops commanded by Alexander Rodimtsev which allowed the Soviets to defeat some of the German troops and thus earning her a position in the service. On August 13, 1941, she was wounded at a battle south of Kiev and, despite being wounded, she continued and saved her Battle commander from German custody. However, Borovichenko herself was captured near the village of Kazaktskoye but she soon escaped and notified her team
On September 5, 1941, after the Germans were surrounding Kiev, Rodimtsev moved his troops to the Seym River near Konotop but the Germans followed and attempted to coax them across a damaged railroad bridge.
However, Borovichenko saw this coming and convinced her comrades to help establish a Maxim gun and, as a spotter and loader, she cleared the way for the troops and Rodimtsev personally congratulated her. On September 17, she single-handedly captured 10 German soldiers while scouting.
She was prominently featured in newspapers and she carried on in the battles.At the Battle of Stalingrad, her fiancé was hit was by a bullet. At this moment a shell blasted out at her feet and she was killed by a shell splinter.
Rodimtsev called her one of his favorite soldiers and she was buried near Mikhalskoyve.
School N122, a school she attended, in Kiev was named after her and a film was shot in 1965 (Нет неизвестных солдат) which was precisely produced and included news reels. A street in Ivnya, Belgorod was also named for her.
