Night Witches
This minor planet was named after Ukrainian-born Yevgeniya Rudneva (1920–1944) a member of the "Astronomical–Geodetical Society of the U.S.S.R.", head of the solar department, and Hero of the Soviet Union. She voluntarily joined the army as a navigator in the all-female Night Bombers Aviation Regiment, known as the "Night Witches". She died in April 1944, while flying her 645th combat mission. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 20 February 1976 ().