Aliya Moldagulova (1925–1944) was a Soviet sniper, a Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).
She was born on October 25, 1925, in the village of Bulak (now the Khobdinsky District of the Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan). She volunteered to fight in the war, graduated from the Central School for Sniper Training Instructors in 1943, and was then sent as a sniper to the 54th Rifle Brigade.
In January of 1944, as a member of the Brigade, she took part in the battle for the village of Kazachikha in the Pskov region, personally killing dozens of Nazis. On her way, Aliya noticed an enemy mortar and threw grenades at it. This cleared the way to the railway station. During one of the attacks, A. Moldagulova, though wounded in the arm by a fragment of a mine, took part in a hand-to-hand combat that broke out in a German trench. During the battle, the girl was wounded a second time by a German officer. She managed to kill him, but her wound turned out fatal.
On June 4, 1944, A. Moldagulova was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
During her service, A. Moldagulova personally killed 78 enemy soldiers and officers.
The envelope with a commemorative stamp provides a portrait of sniper A. Moldagulova against the backdrop of her portrait with a sniper rifle in her hands and the Gold Star medal; the commemorative stamp features an emblem of the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
| Denomination |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the envelope |
Edition |
| Letter “A” |
High Whiteness Modified (HWM) |
Offset |
110 × 220 mm |
0.5 million copies |