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Marina Yurlova

Marina Yurlova was a Russian female child soldier and author. She fought in World War I and later in the Russian Civil War on the side of the anti-communist White movement. Wounded several times, she won the Russian Cross of Saint George for bravery three times. She eventually made her way to Vladivostok, then to Japan and finally to the USA, where she performed as a dancer.

Biography
She was born in Raevskaya, a small village near Krasnodar. She was treated at the Red Cross hospital in Baku and then returned to the Eastern Front, where she trained as an auto mechanic and became a military driver. She married filmmaker William C. Hyer in December 1925 and became a U.S. citizen in 1926. On 1 April 1984, she died in New York City at the age of 84 years. == Autobiography ==
Autobiography
Yurlova published an autobiographical trilogy: • Cossack Girl (1934, ASIN: B00085KMQY) covers her life from age 14 through five years of war and societal collapse. The book was reprinted in paperback in 2010 () • Russia, Farewell (1936, ASIN: B0006DE1X8) covers the time until her emigration to the U.S. in 1922. • The Only Woman (1937, ASIN: B00086103M) picks up the story of her life in the U.S. ==In popular culture==
In popular culture
Yurlova's wartime experiences are described in Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics by Kathryn J. Atwood. She is one of the 14 main characters of the 2014 documentary drama series 14 - Diaries of the Great War where she is played by actress Natalia Witmer. She is also one of the main characters in the 8-part 2018 documentary drama series Clash of Futures. ==References==
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