2 July] 1912 to a Tatar family in Belebey, Bashkortostan, of the Russian Empire, she was a student at the Kazan Chemistry College after completing her secondary education in 1927.

In 1931 she completed training to become a surveyor in Tashkent, after which she worked in the field for the Central Asia division of the civil air fleet.

After furthering her studies in Leningrad she was promoted to senior surveyor of the Central Asia regional Aeroflot directorate.

Having developed a desire to pursue aviation, she entered the Bashalov Flight School in January 1933 and completed theoretical training, but was expelled in October that year without explanation.

She then briefly served as a flight commander in a medical squadron in the Transcaucasian Front, before joining the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment in November.

By the end of the war, she had achieved the position of deputy squadron commander, and on 20 June 1945 she was nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union for having performed 780 sorties, dropped 104 tons of bombs on enemy territory, and safely guided her aircraft through heavy anti-aircraft fire and poor weather, destroying three artillery batteries, two searchlights, two trains, a fuel warehouse, and four ground vehicles.