One of his favorite examples is the aforementioned Soviet tank commander, Sergeant Mariya Oktyabrskaya. Porath says Oktyabrskaya's husband was killed by the Nazis, so she sold all of her ...

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If your husband was killed in the midst of World War II, what would you do? If your name was Mariya Oktyabrskaya, you'd sell everything you own to buy a T-34 tank and go into battle to avenge him.