ABOUT 100,000 MRS. SERVING IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY








MOSCOW, 5 March.  (RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent Alexander
Konowalow).  In armed forces of Russia about 100,000 women serve,
among them 3,500 officers and about 26,500 wo1s.  In the north
Caucasus more than 300 women carry their service out, primarily in the
stock of the united group of troops.  This avowed at the meeting with
female military the colonel general Ilja Panin, boss of the head
office personnel of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

A woman - Valentina Tereschkowa (the world first space aviator) - is a
major general.  24 Mrs. have rank " Colonel " - 167 - " lieutenant
colonel " and 542 - " major ".  The female officers have usually
university formation, whereby their average age exceeds
insignificantly 32 years.  The female officers usually are in the
medical and financial service, which employs communication troops and
in the translation service.  Hundreds female of military were honoured
with high honors.