Alexandra Ovchinnikova

Alexandra Yakovlevna Ovchinnikova (sometimes translated as Aleksandra) (; 7 January 1915 – 8 June 2009), a native Yakut, served as President of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. A daughter of illiterate cattle-breeders west of Yakutsk, she became a road engineer. She was named president of Yakutia, in 1963, and served until 1979. She was succeeded by Yevdokiya Nikolayevna Gorokhova. She died at age 95 in 2009. Provided by Wikipedia