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Shakhovskaya and Abramovich Vsevolod Mikhaylovich in 1913
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Born | 1889 Saint Petersburg |
Died | 1920 Kyiv |
Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya (St. Petersburg, 1889 – Kiev, 1920) (Евгения Михайловна Шаховская, Yevgeniya Mikhaylovna Shakhovskaya) was a Russian pioneering aviator. She was the first woman to become a military pilot when she flew reconnaissance missions for the Czar in 1914.