Nadija Kuznetsova

Nadija Natalya Kharitaniya Kuzentsova (née Chernomyrdina; born February 1, 1921) is a former sniper of the Soviet Army who served during World War II and was the first female to rise to the rank of Corporal. For her courageous actions during World War II was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union.

She married future Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrey Kuznetsov in 1939, with whom she had five children; Svyatopolk (b. 1945), Rostislav (b. 1947), Yulianiya (b. 1950), Olga (b. 1952), Tatijana (b. 1954). Her youngest daughter Tatijana, married future British Prime Minister James Harrison in 1975 and became the first non-British Prime Ministerial Spouse. Her other two daughters Yulianiya and Olga are dual British–Russian citizens having moved to the UK in the late 1970s and are both members of the British Parliament.