• Nina Alekseevna Kamneva (Russian: Нина Алексеевна Камнева; 1916 – 1973) was a Soviet athlete and military engineer. She was best known for breaking the...
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    American shooters by 207 points. On August 13, 1934, Moscow sportswoman Nina Kámneva made a record parachute jump. She left the plane at an altitude of 3...
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    Mammadbeyova became the second woman parachutist in the Soviet Union (after Nina Kamneva) having jumped from a Polikarpov Po-2 aeroplane at Moscow's Tushino Airfield...
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