Born on August 11, 1922 in the village of Atrat, Chuvash ASSR. On October 16, 1941, she was sent to the ranks of the Red Army in a special female rifle regiment, formed in the city of Serpukhov. She was a gunner for 82-mm mortars, then a radio operator. Combat path: baptism of fire T.S. Zimaeva was received in the spring of 1943 on the Volkhov Front as part of the 239th Red Banner Infantry Division. She took part in breaking the blockade of Leningrad, in the liberation of Novgorod, and reached Poland. Awards: Order of the Patriotic War, II degree; medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." Since 1967 the T.S. Zimaeva lived in the city of Uray. She worked in the paramilitary fire station No. 3 as a radio operator. She died on June 23, 1995, and was buried in Urai.