Antonina Makarova
Antonina Makarova | |
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Makarova during World War II | |
| Born | Antonina Panfilova 1 March 1920 |
| Died | 11 August 1979 (aged 59) |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Other names | Tonya the Machine-Gun Girl |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Spouse | Viktor Ginsburg (married 1945) |
| Conviction | Treason |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | ~168–1500+ |
Span of crimes | 1943–1945 |
| Country | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
| Location | Lokot Autonomy |
Date apprehended | 1978 |
Antonina Makarovna Makarova (née Panfilova, Ginsburg by marriage, Russian: Антонина Макаровна Макарова, 1 March 1920 – 11 August 1979) was a Soviet war criminal and mass murderer who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II. From 1942 to 1943, she shot dead hundreds of Soviet partisans and their family members using a Russian M1910 Maxim machine gun. Makarova was tentatively identified by the Soviet KGB in 1976, and observed for a year before being arrested in 1978. Makarova was convicted of treason, sentenced to death, and executed in 1979. She was known as "Tonka the Machine-Gun Girl". Makarova was prosecuted for her role in at least 168 deaths, but was implicated in about 1,500 murders.