Mariya Skrydlova

Maria Nikolayevna Skrydlova (Мария Николаевна Скрыдлова, c. 1899 - date of death unknown), sometimes transliterated Skridlova, was a Russian soldier and the adjutant of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death under Maria Bochkareva during World War I. The daughter of Admiral Nikolai Skrydlov, she fought in the Kerensky Offensive of July 1917 and received the Cross of St. George.

Background Her father, Admiral Nikolai Illarionovich Skrydlov (1844–1918), had commanded both the Black Sea Fleet and the Russian Pacific Squadron. Accounts of her age at enlistment differ. Helen Rappaport gives 18, while a Russian-language source puts her at 25. She was educated at a convent and reportedly spoke five languages. Skrydlova volunteered for the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, and Maria Bochkareva appointed her adjutant.