Alexandra Shuleshko was born in 1903 in the village of Mikhailovka, Cherkasy region,
Ukraine.
She saved 102 children, (25 of them Jews).
She worked as a kindergarten teacher.
From early childhood, she showed a desire to take care of her surroundings.
For example: when she was 18 and could donate blood, Alexandra donated
blood so often and much that she took a record second place in the Soviet Union.
After university, Alexandra Shuleshko began her work in an orphanage. For her
there was never a difference other children or her. She loved everyone equally.
When beginning occupation of the city of Cherkasy, due to its courage and knowledge of German language, she managed to mislead the German occupation administration and
policemen. Jewish children in the orphanage were recorded as Ukrainian, Greek, Armenian, or
Tatars, depending on the features of appearance. During inspections, they were hidden in
insulator. The police were told that infectious patients were kept there.
Retreating, the Germans forcibly evacuated the shelter. Some of Alexandra’s children
managed to arrange in the surrounding villages, but others had to go with the Germans. During stay in the Vinnitsa region, taking advantage of the confusion of the Germans, Alexanda was able to escape and return with her children to Cherkasy.
She was recognized as the Righteous of the Nations of the World by the Yad Vashem Museum in 1996.
Alexandra Maksimovna died in 1994, in Kiev.