WWII veteran Maria Barsuchenko died at the age of 106.

Maria Barsuchenko, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War (WWII), died at the age of 106. This was announced on April 16 by the head of the Dmitrov Municipal District of the Moscow region, Mikhail Shuvalov.

"An irreparable loss for our district and for the whole country. At the age of 106, our Masha, Maria Timofeevna Barsuchenko, passed away. Just a little bit, she did not live to see Victory Day.… Her name is forever inscribed in the history of our country and the Great Victory," Shuvalov wrote on his channel in the MAX messenger.

In 1941, the young switchswoman Barsuchenko accomplished the feat during the Battle for Moscow, opening the way for an armored train of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) of the USSR. He managed to block the way in time to the fascist tanks rushing through the canal to the city of Dmitrov.

"Her [Maria Barsuchenko's] whole life is an example of indomitable will, courage and boundless love for the Motherland," Shuvalov said.

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On April 6, the press service of the administration of the Central District of St. Petersburg announced that Alexander Iofa, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, a Soviet and Russian engineer, died at the age of 106. Iofa was born in Leningrad on March 5, 1921. During the war, as a student, he took part in the defense of the Motherland and the restoration of the power plant destroyed during the bombing in Armavir.