kokavtseva

Updated: May 18, 2025

This time she distinctly heard the Czar say: "I take pleasure in presenting you, Miss Thornton, with the Cross of St. George, which is only awarded for special bravery. Only one other woman has been presented with the Cross of St. George since the outbreak of this war. She is Madame Kokavtseva, a colonel of the Sixth Ural Cossack Regiment, who has twice been wounded while leading her men.

Margaret Vandercook - The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army