Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne

Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne (December 31, 1918 – June 3, 2018) was a Russian-born American author. She was a sniper during World War II and a survivor of the Siege of Leningrad. She was the author of 14 books. She was a survivor of the Siege of Leningrad.[1]

Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne
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Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne.
Born
Kyra Petrovskaya

(1918-12-31)31 December 1918
Crimea, Russia
Died3 June 2018(2018-06-03) (aged 99)
NationalityRussian, American

Wayne died in Kingston, Washington of respiratory failure on June 3, 2018 at the age of 99.[2][3]

References

  1. Dash, Norman (November 6, 1960). "Glamorous Santa Monican Looks Like Anything but Russian". Los Angeles Times. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/478969872.html?dids=478969872:478969872&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+06%2C+1960&author=NORMAN+DASH&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Glamorous+Santa+Monican+Looks+Like+Anything+but+Russian&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-01-07. "Sitting in her small Santa Monica apartment surrounded by stacks of books and paintings, pretty blue-eyed Kyra Petrovskaya looks like anything but a former Soviet army lieutenant.". 
  2. "Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne obituary".
  3. "Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information". www.lewischapel.com.

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