After graduating from secondary school in her village and completing nursing courses she worked as a nurse in a hospital in Segezha .
Melentyeva was born on 24 January 1924 to a Karelian peasant family in the village of Pryazha .
After graduating from secondary school in Melentyeva 's village and completing nursing courses she worked as a nurse in a hospital in Segezha .
Melentyeva was born on 24 January 1924 to a Karelian peasant family in the village of Pryazha .