Nina Brusnikova

Nina Vladimirovna Brusnikova (Russian: Нина Владимировна Брусникова; born 16 October 1960) is a member of United Russia's Supreme Council.

Currently retired from farmwork, she became a recipient of the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2006 for her actions fighting a fire at the livestock complex she worked at.

Born on 16 October 1960 to a large Russian peasant family in Pankratovo, Gryazovetsky raion, Vologda oblast.

Having graduated from the Vologda Agricultural College in 1980, she initially worked as a cashier on the Sidorovsky sovkhoz and then as nanny at a daycare on the Aurora sovkhoz before becoming a milking machine operator in the livestock complex at the farm.

After working in agriculture and animal husbandry for several decades she retired in October 2015; she is now a resident of Yevdokimovo, Gryazovetsky raion and a member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia Party.