"She was a burly, physically strong woman. She is beautiful in appearance and brave and decisive in character. This is one of the most famous heroines of the Great Patriotic War of 1812 described by contemporaries of Russia. Her name is Vasilisa Kozhina.
Vasilisa, a 35-year-old mother of five, was first met with the horrors of war in mid-August when French troops robbed her hometown in Smolensk Governorate and hacked her husband to death.
Just when she was guarding the spirits of her husband. The French returned, and Vasilisa Kozhina, disguised as a delight, warmly welcomed the French and invited them to their rooms for a sumptuous dinner. However, when the soldiers were drunk, she led the villagers to lock the doors and windows tightly, and then lit a fire to burn the enemy alive.
A guerrilla group, organized and led by Kozhina, followed closely behind the French Legion, ruthlessly pursued the fallen soldiers and waited for an opportunity to kill or capture them.
Once, while Kozhina was escorting several French prisoners, one of the French soldiers saw that there was only one woman and tried to resist. Vasilisa didn't say a word and immediately hacked him to death with a scythe. And say to the others, "The same fate will await all of you, you thieves and dogs, if you dare to put your feet wrong!" "I've cut off the heads of 27 villains like you!" Give me away, don't rub it! “
After the end of the Great Patriotic War, what happened to Vasilisa Kozhina is unknown. According to the most believable accounts, she returned to her hometown, where she died around 1840.