The death of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

29th November 1941: Eighteen year girl who was tortured and killed by the Germans - and then became a national legend in Russia

Residents of Moscow building anti tank defences as the Germans approached in late 1941.

The threat to Moscow now seemed desperate. Many Soviet citizens were mobilised to build the city's defences. Many volunteered for more dangerous duties. Eighteen year old Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was still in college in Moscow when she volunteered to join a guerrilla gro…