Akimova Aleksandra Fedorovna - navigator of the air squadron of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov, 2nd Class Regiment (325th Night Bomber Aviation Osovetskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov 2nd Class Division, 4th Air Army, 2nd ), senior lieutenant - by the time of presentation for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

She was born on May 5, 1922 in the village of Petrushino, Skopinsky district, Ryazan province, now Skopinsky district, Ryazan region. From a peasant family. Russian.

Since 1930, the family lived in the village of Chernava, Mstislavsky district, Moscow (since 1937 - Ryazan) region. In 1939 she graduated from a high school in this village, and immediately after graduation she was left in this school as a teacher's job as a high school graduate with honors and an active social activist. But education was necessary, so in 1940 she entered the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. At the same time she graduated from nursing courses.

After the outbreak of World War II, she applied for enrollment as a volunteer in the Red Army, but was sent to build defensive fortifications. Nevertheless, Alexandra Akimova got her way, learning that in October 1941, an order was issued to form female aviation units.

In October 1941 he was drafted into the Red Army. In May 1942 she graduated from the course of navigators at the Engels military aviation school of pilots. In the city of Engels, Saratov Region, the 588th Light Bomber Women's Aviation Regiment was formed, and Alexandra Akimova was enrolled in it. However, in spite of the specialty she received, she was enrolled in the regiment as an aircraft armament mechanic, then she became an aircraft armament master.

On May 27, 1942, the regiment entered the battle on the Southern Front of the Great Patriotic War. Prepared aircraft for combat missions. By March 1943, at the head of the group, she provided 485 sorties, suspended 85.7 tons of bomb load from the aircraft (all by hand!), While there was not a single fact of bomb armament refusal in combat missions. For these merits she received her first award - the Medal For Courage.

However, she strove to fly herself and achieved her goal again - senior sergeant of the technical service Alexandra Akimova in March 1943 was transferred to shooters-bombardiers, and in April 1943 she was appointed to the post of flight navigator in her regiment. After completing three-month field courses without interrupting combat work in October 1943, she was appointed navigator of an aviation squadron.

Alexandra Akimova fought in the same women's aviation regiment, the pilots of which were called "night witches" by the Germans. The regiment fought on light night bombers U-2 (since 1944 they were called Po-2). Before the war, these aircraft were considered training and communication vehicles; the German command did not even initially consider these slow-moving machines made of plywood and canvas to be combat units. But soon, for the downed U-2, they were already given an extraordinary vacation to Germany and a cash bonus. The pilots inflicted night air strikes on the positions and rear of the enemy. For the valor and massive heroism of the personnel, the regiment received the Guards banner in February 1943 and became known as the 46th Guards, then it was given the honorary title "Taman", and then two military orders appeared on the Regiment's Battle Banner. The regiment was noted 22 times in the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin.

In the ranks of the regiment, she defended the Don and the North Caucasus, then liberated the Krasnodar Territory, participated in heavy battles over the "Blue Line" and during the liberation of the Taman Peninsula, heroically fought in the Kerch-Eltigen, Crimean, Belorussian, Vistula-Oder, East Pomeranian, Berlin offensive operations.

From the presentation of Lieutenant Akimova for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union: “From an ordinary master of aircraft armament, she has grown to a qualified navigator of a squadron. She perfectly mastered the technique of air navigation at night. As a navigator, he is perfectly oriented. For the entire period of combat work, she had no losses in combat orientations due to the fault of the navigator service. It flies exceptionally boldly, fearing neither searchlights nor enemy anti-aircraft fire. As a commander, he has good organizational skills and commanding skills. Skillfully leads the subordinate navigational staff. She trained and commissioned 7 young navigators. Skillfully and competently transfers his work experience to the young navigator staff. Personally, during the period of hostilities, she made 680 combat sorties for bombing at night on a PO-2 aircraft, having flown 805 hours. Dropped 94 tons of bomb load to destroy enemy motorized parts and manpower. Accurate bombing strikes in the enemy camp caused 122 strong fires, 178 explosions, destroyed and damaged 2 enemy crossings, blown up 2 ammunition depots, suppressed the fire of 3 batteries, destroyed 2 searchlights and 7 vehicles with fuel and ammunition. 450 thousand leaflets were scattered to the enemy troops, 5200 ShKAS rounds were used up along the enemy's front line. All combat missions comrade. Akimova are accompanied by exceptional efficiency. For exemplary fulfillment of the tasks of the command at the front, personally carried out 680 combat missions with high efficiency, shown at the same time courage, courage and heroism ... deserves a high government award - the conferment of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. "

This idea was drawn up in April 1945, and by the end of the war the number of sorties by Alexandra Akimova reached 710 (according to some sources - 715). On the presentation there were positive resolutions of the commander of the air army, Colonel-General K.A. Vershinin and the front commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky, but in Moscow the award was replaced with the Order of Lenin ...

After the end of World War II, she served for some time in a regiment in the Northern Group of Forces (Poland). In December 1945, senior lieutenant A. F. Akimova was transferred to the reserve. She continued her studies and in 1948 graduated from the same history department of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, from the walls of which she went to the front. In 1953 she graduated from graduate school at this institute, after which she was awarded the degree of candidate of historical sciences (07/30/1953). And again her fate turned out to be closely connected with aviation, since 1952 she worked for 40 years at the Moscow Aviation Institute: assistant, since 1953 - senior lecturer at the department of history of the CPSU, since 1966 - associate professor. Since 1992 A.F. Akimova is retired.

For courage and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 31, 1994, retired senior lieutenant Akimova Alexandra Fedorovna awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

She lived in the hero city of Moscow. She was an active participant in the veteran and military-patriotic movement, the chairman of the commission in the Moscow City Council of veterans of war, labor, the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies. She died on December 29, 2012. She was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.

Military ranks:
senior sergeant of the technical service (2.03.1942),
foreman of the technical service (03/01/1943),
junior lieutenant (08/30/1943),
lieutenant (10/31/1944),
senior lieutenant (08/03/1945).

She was awarded the Orders of Lenin (05/15/1946), the Red Banner (04/26/1944), the 1st degree of the Patriotic War (02/22/1945), two orders of the Patriotic war of the 2nd degree (06/15/1945, 03/11/1985), the Order of the Red Star (10/22/1943), medals, including "For Courage" (03/23/1943), "For the Defense of the Caucasus", "For the Liberation of Warsaw."

In Moscow, a memorial plaque was installed on the house in which she lived.

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Akimova Alexandra Fedorovna
(05.05.1922 - 29.12.2012)

Alexandra Fedorovna Akimova was born on May 5, 1922 in the village of Petrushino, Skopinsky district, Ryazan province (now part of the Kornevsky rural settlement of Skopinsky district, Ryazan region) into a peasant family.

In 1939, A. F. Akimova graduated from high school and was hired as a history teacher. In 1940 she entered the history department of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after V.I. Lenin.

At the beginning of World War II, AF Akimova was sent to build defensive fortifications in the area of ​​the city of Mozhaisk. In the Red Army in October 1941. A.F. Akimova graduated from the courses for the masters of aircraft weapons at the Engelsk ACP. She was in the active army since May 1942 as a master of aircraft armament. By March 1943, AF Akimova served 485 night combat missions.

After completing a short course of navigational training, A.F. Akimova received the specialty of a navigator. She was the navigator of the crew, flight, squadron. During the years of the Great Patriotic War, it flew 680 (according to other sources - 715) sorties. For the shown courage and excellent performance of the tasks of the command, Alexandra Fedorovna Akimova was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but was not awarded.

After the end of the Great Patriotic War, A. F. Akimova graduated from the institute and entered graduate school. In 1953, A. F. Akimova defended her dissertation and received the degree of candidate of historical sciences. In 1952-1992 she taught humanitarian disciplines at the Moscow Aviation Institute. Assistant professor.

By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 31, 1994, the retired Guard Senior Aviation Lieutenant Aleksandra Fedorovna Akimova was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

Akimova Alexandra Fedorovna was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, the Order of the Red Star, and many medals.

Alexandra Fedorovna was an active participant in the veteran movement.

“It flies extremely boldly, fearing neither searchlights nor enemy anti-aircraft fire," as the leadership of the 46th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment described the flights of Alexandra Fedorovna Akimova during the Great Patriotic War.

The combat path of the legendary pilot began in the harsh 1941 year. The war interrupted studies at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute. V.I. Lenin. The Central Committee of the Komsomol appealed to the girls with an appeal to voluntarily go to the aviation and defend the Motherland in its ranks. On October 11, 1941, the Komsomol Central Committee sent to the V.I. Lenin's document, in which the leadership of the institute was asked to make a complete calculation of A.F. Akimova in connection with her mobilization to the front. In fact, no calculation was made, since the document arrived at the institute on October 11 late in the evening, and on October 12 it was already necessary to appear at the collection point.

The formation of the regiment, which Akimova got into, was completed already in the Volga Military District. The 588th Light Bomber Night Women's Aviation Regiment under the command of Evdokia Bershanskaya was formed in Engels, where there was a flight school. A truly stellar team gathered in the regiment: Raisa Aronova, Maria Tepikina, Nadezhda Popova, Irina Sobrova, Polina Gelman, Evgenia Zhigulenko, Natalya Meklin, Maria Smirnova, Irina Rakobolskaya, Tatyana Makarova, Vera Belik, Nina Raspopova, all of them will later become Heroes of the Soviet Union ...

At school, Alexandra Akimova was assigned to a group of armed men, appointed as an armament mechanic. Alexandra was disappointed as she dreamed of flying. But an order is an order, and she diligently mastered a new specialty. And she mastered it well.

How the first flights worried us! And the whole regiment rallied with the concern of one, When we were expecting friends from the assignment, Each was close to us, dear.

As part of the regiment of Alexander Akimov, she went through a long combat path, participated in the defense of the Caucasus, the liberation of the Kuban, Crimea, Belarus, Poland and Germany. Working as a weapons mechanic, she contributed to the common cause of fighting the enemy. At the same time, she successfully mastered the specialty of a navigator. The work was intense: flights, classes in a new specialty. There was very little time left for sleep and rest.

We flew at night, and in the morning we did not sleep, In the eyes of the inflamed there was always a question: "How did we give the Fritz at night, What did the ground headquarters tell us about this?"

The result of Akimova's work as an armament mechanic was summed up in the order of the regiment commander dated March 25, 1943 on her reward, which says: "The aircraft armament mechanic, senior sergeant of the technical service Aleksandra Fedorovna Akimova, with a group of armed men, served 485 night combat missions, suspended 85,750 kg of bomb load of various caliber. Bomb weapons are in excellent condition. There was not a single case of non-fulfillment of a combat mission due to the fault of the armament service. Disciplined, self-possessed, energetic commander. "

Irina Viktorovna Dryagina in her memoirs "Notes of a U-2 pilot" wrote "In our regiment, as already mentioned, in addition to the usual work - combat missions - another task was being solved: new cadres of pilots and navigators were being trained. And this business pleased Sasha. She was assigned to teach classes on bombing theory. It was necessary to see with what perseverance and skill she taught the youth, our new "navigate"; how kindly and patiently she explained everything. Alexandra Akimova was a born teacher, she taught not only navigational business, she taught how to live, fight, think. It was not for nothing that in our regiment there were circles on philosophy, political economy, party history, and literature. No wonder Sasha and some of our other friends (Rudneva, Ryabova, Gelman) were called "theoreticians" for their passion for disputes and discussions on various issues related to everyday life, morality, philosophy, military affairs, the content of books read. Disputes were sometimes acute. "

In March 1943, Akimova's dream of flying finally came true: she was appointed first as a shooter-bombardier, and soon as a navigator. Intensive flights began. From April 1943 to May 1945, she made 715 night missions for bombing, reconnaissance and other missions. Often they had to fly 10 times a night, and on December 20, 1944, there were 17 sorties, all for bombing. Akimova considered herself obliged to work with full load: after all, she was a communist, a member of the regiment's party bureau.

And from above calmly, but accurately and accurately Irina Kashirina

The most complete assessment of Alexandra Akimova was given in her combat characteristics and presentation for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in May 1945: “From an ordinary master of aircraft weapons I grew to a qualified navigator of a squadron. She mastered the technique of air navigation at night. had no loss of combat orientation due to the fault of the navigator service. She flies extremely boldly, not fearing either searchlights or anti-aircraft fire of the enemy. As a commander he has good organizational skills and commanding skills. Skillfully leads the subordinate navigational staff. She trained and commissioned 7 young navigators. Skillfully and competently transfers her experience of work to the young navigational staff.Personally, during the hostilities, she made 680 sorties for bombing at night on a PO-2 aircraft, having flown 805 hours. That In the enemy camp, 122 strong fires and 178 explosions were caused by heavy bomb strikes, 2 enemy crossings were destroyed and damaged, 2 ammunition depots were blown up, the fire of 3 batteries was suppressed, 2 searchlights and 7 vehicles with fuel and ammunition were destroyed. 450 thousand leaflets were scattered to the enemy troops, 5200 ShKAS rounds were used up along the enemy's front line. All combat missions comrade. Akimova are accompanied by exceptional efficiency. For exemplary fulfillment of the tasks of the command at the front, personally carried out 680 combat missions with high efficiency, shown at the same time courage, courage and heroism ... deserves a high government award - the conferment of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. "

This idea was supported by the division commander Pokayev and the commander of the 4th Air Army, Colonel-General Vershinin, the Commander-in-Chief of the North-West direction, Marshal of the Soviet Union Rokossovsky, military councils - they gave a positive conclusion, but it was lost in Moscow. And only in 1994, at the request of veterans, the Military Council of the Air Force, by the decree of the President of Russia, retired senior lieutenant Alexandra Fedorovna Akimova was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

Congratulations to friends. From left to right: O. Yakovleva, A. Akimova, S. Amosova (Taranenko), I. Dryagin, A. Pokryshkin, O. Golubeva (Teres). 1972 year

The war is over. Alexandra Fedorovna returned to the Pedagogical Institute, defended her Ph.D. thesis, and taught history at Moscow universities for thirty years.

Now the girls shine with orders, Irina Kashirina

At a traditional meeting at the Bolshoi Theater. May 2, 2006. Veterans of the 46th Guards Taman Aviation Regiment.

“For Alexandra Fedorovna Akimova, uncompromising, endurance, firmness and the ability to defend her position, regardless of authority, have always been the law of life.

Now Alexandra Feodorovna is doing a lot of work, being a member of the board of the Russian Association of Heroes. " From the memoirs of A.V. Dryagina

Member of the Public Council from the Sokol district A.F. Akimova was congratulated by the heads of the Northern Administrative District

Alexandra lived with her family in the village. Parents in every possible way developed her interest in learning, and her father, already at a respectable age, himself studied at the correspondence department of the pedagogical institute in Moscow and set a good example for the children.

Sasha studied diligently, showed a particularly great interest in history, loved to take care of flowers, got involved in work, learned to knit and sew well. She joined the Komsomol early, carried out various assignments of the organization.

In 1939 she graduated from high school and was invited to work as a teacher. She taught history. In 1940 she passed competitive exams and was admitted to the history department of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after V.I. Lenin. Simultaneously with her studies, she attended nursing courses: she believed that with this specialty in the event of a war, it would be easier for her to find her place at the front. Then she joined the party, was elected a member of the Komsomol committee of the institute. She took part in the work of various paramilitary circles, preparing for the defense of the Motherland.

With the beginning of the war, Alexandra Akimova went to build defensive fortifications near Mozhaisk. Here she was assigned to lead a team of students - future historians. After returning to the institute in connection with the beginning of classes, together with other students, she knocked the thresholds of the district party committee, the Komsomol, the military registration and enlistment office and asked to send her to the front.

In the harsh days of October 1941, when the enemy stood at the gates of Moscow, People's Commissar of Defense I.V. On October 8, 1941, Stalin issued an order on the formation and preparation for combat work of female aviation regiments with the aim of using female flight technical personnel. It was envisaged to recruit them with a flight technical staff from among the women of the Air Force, spacecraft, Civil Air Fleet and Osoaviakhim. At the same time, the Central Committee of the Komsomol appealed to the girls with an appeal to voluntarily go to the aviation and defend the Motherland in its ranks. On October 11, 1941, the Komsomol Central Committee sent to the V.I. Lenin's document, in which the leadership of the institute was asked to make a complete calculation of A.F. Akimova in connection with her mobilization to the front. In fact, no calculation was made, since the document arrived at the institute on October 11 late in the evening, and on October 12 it was already necessary to appear at the collection point. Alexandra Feodorovna still keeps this document as a memory of that event.

Under the leadership of the Hero of the Soviet Union M.M. Raskova was forming women's regiments. In Moscow, the Air Force Engineering Academy named after N.E. Zhukovsky. The very next day after the call of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, students from Moscow State University, MAI, Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after V.I. Lenin and other universities of the capital, pilots and technicians of aero clubs, the Civil Air Fleet. Among them was A.F. Akimova. All of them were then united by one great goal - the defense of the Motherland.

The formation of the regiment, which Akimova got into, was completed already in the Volga Military District at the flight school in the city of Engels. The newly formed 588th Light Bomber Night Women's Aviation Regiment was armed with Po-2 aircraft. Evdokia Davydovna Bershanskaya was appointed commander of the regiment, and Evdokia Yakovlevna Rachkevich was appointed commissar (later deputy commander for political affairs). Both remained in these positions until the regiment was disbanded in the fall of 1945.

At school, Alexandra Akimova was assigned to a group of armed men, appointed as an armament mechanic. Alexandra was disappointed as she dreamed of flying. But an order is an order, and she diligently mastered a new specialty. And she mastered it well.

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On May 27, 1942, the regiment flew to the Southern Front. Then it had only two squadrons of 10 aircraft and 112 personnel. In the future, the regiment grew, and by 1943 there were already 4 squadrons in it. The regiment made 24 thousand sorties, dropped over 3 million kg of bombs on the enemy. The regiment visited many sectors of the Soviet-German front. For the courage and dedication shown in the battles with the Nazis, he was awarded the title of the Guards and became the 46th Guards, twice decorated with the Taman Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. 22 times the regiment was noted in the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin.

As part of the regiment of Alexander Akimov, she went through a long combat path, participated in the defense of the Caucasus, the liberation of the Kuban, Crimea, Belarus, Poland and Germany. Working as a weapons mechanic, she contributed to the common cause of fighting the enemy. At the same time, she successfully mastered the specialty of a navigator. The work was intense: flights, classes in a new specialty. There was very little time left for sleep and rest.

The result of Akimova's work as an armament mechanic was summed up in the order of the regiment commander dated March 25, 1943 on her reward, which says: “Air armament mechanic, senior sergeant of the technical service Akimova Aleksandra Fedorovna, with a group of armed men, served 485 night combat missions, suspended 85,750 kg of bomb load of various caliber. The bomb armament is in excellent condition. There was not a single case of non-fulfillment of a combat mission due to the fault of the armament service. Disciplined, self-possessed, energetic commander. "

In March 1943, Akimova's dream of flying finally came true: she was appointed first as a shooter-bombardier, and soon as a navigator. Intensive flights began. From April 1943 to May 1945, she made 715 night missions for bombing, reconnaissance and other missions. Often they had to fly 10 times a night, and on December 20, 1944, there were 17 sorties, all for bombing. Akimova considered herself obliged to work with full load: after all, she was a communist, a member of the regiment's party bureau.

As a navigator, Akimova was repeatedly checked by commanders on combat flights. After one of these flights, the squadron commander, who was in the role of a checker, wrote in her flight book: “He is well oriented in the air, constantly tells the pilot the place at the moment. Above the target, he behaves calmly, takes aim carefully. The mark is "excellent" ".

The most complete assessment of Alexandra Akimova was given in her combat characteristics and nomination for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in May 1945: “From an ordinary master of aircraft armament, she has grown to a qualified navigator of a squadron. She perfectly mastered the technique of air navigation at night. As a navigator, he is perfectly oriented. For the entire period of combat work, she had no losses in combat orientations due to the fault of the navigator service. It flies exceptionally boldly, fearing neither searchlights nor enemy anti-aircraft fire. As a commander, he has good organizational skills and commanding skills. Skillfully leads the subordinate navigational staff. She trained and commissioned 7 young navigators. Skillfully and competently transfers his work experience to the young navigator staff. Personally, during the period of hostilities, she made 680 sorties for bombing at night on a PO-2 aircraft, having flown 805 hours. Dropped 94 tons of bomb load to destroy enemy motorized parts and manpower. Accurate bombing strikes in the enemy camp caused 122 strong fires, 178 explosions, destroyed and damaged 2 enemy crossings, blown up 2 ammunition depots, suppressed the fire of 3 batteries, destroyed 2 searchlights and 7 vehicles with fuel and ammunition. 450 thousand leaflets were scattered to the enemy troops, 5200 ShKAS rounds were used up along the enemy's front line. All combat missions comrade. Akimova are accompanied by exceptional efficiency. For exemplary fulfillment of the tasks of the command at the front, personally carried out 680 combat missions with high efficiency, shown at the same time courage, courage and heroism ... deserves a high government award - the conferment of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. "

This idea was supported by the division commander Pokayev and the commander of the 4th Air Army, Colonel-General Vershinin, the Commander-in-Chief of the North-West direction, Marshal of the Soviet Union Rokossovsky, military councils - they gave a positive conclusion, but it was lost in Moscow. And only in 1994, at the request of veterans, the Military Council of the Air Force, by the decree of the President of Russia, retired senior lieutenant Alexandra Fedorovna Akimova was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky said about the pilots of the regiment as follows: “We, men, have always been amazed by the fearlessness of the pilots. Alone in the night sky, over enemy positions, under heavy enemy fire, they found a target and bombed it. How many flights - so many meetings with death. "

In October 1945 A.F. Akimova was demobilized and immediately returned to the institute, where she continued her studies, combining it with active social work, primarily in the heroic-patriotic education of youth.

After graduating from the institute, Alexandra entered graduate school, graduated from it and defended her Ph.D. thesis. In 1952 she was sent to teach at the Moscow Aviation Institute, where she worked until her retirement in 1992.

In addition to teaching A.F. Akimova was engaged in scientific research, was approved in the academic rank of associate professor. At the same time, she took an active part in public life. She enjoyed great prestige at the institute. Students enrolled her as an honorary member of the Komsomol brigades, fulfilled the quota for her, and upon arrival at the institute reported on what they had done during the holidays.

Alexandra Feodorovna was satisfied with her work, except for one thing: she always wanted to do a job better today than yesterday, and tomorrow - better than today.

Alexandra Fedorovna still does not break ties with educational institutions where she studied and worked.

A.F. Akimova is an activist of the veteran movement. For several years she was the chairman of the Council of War Veterans of her regiment. She did a lot to search the archives of the Ministry of Defense for documents that helped veterans to organize their retirement and other issues.

Alexandra Fedorovna is a member of the commission for patriotic education and cultural and educational work of the Moscow City Council of War and Labor Veterans, the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies and the Moscow Committee of War Veterans. It organizes performances by prominent politicians, scientists, specialists to veterans.

As a board member of the Association of Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation and full holders of the Order of Glory, she actively collaborates in the Moscow city club of Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation and full holders of the Order of Glory.

Hero of the Russian Federation A.F. Akimova was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner, two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Orders of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, the Red Star, medals "For Courage", "For the Defense of the Caucasus", "For the Liberation of Warsaw" and other medals. Participant in the Parades on Red Square (1995, 2000, 2005).

Recalling her experiences during the war, Alexandra Feodorovna emphasizes that the numerous destruction she had seen on her native land called for revenge on the Nazis. And when bombing enemy targets on our territory, every time the heart sank with pain: after all, bombs fell on their native land. And for this, too, it was necessary to take revenge on the fascists. Therefore, there was a constant desire to fight.