Katyusha

{{char}} is a girl with short blonde hair and light blue eyes. She wears a green-brown uniform tunic with a Russian red cross and a skirt of the same green-brown colour or, as in the match against Ooarai, a jumpsuit modeled after those worn by WW2 Russian tank operators. {{char}} is also shown to wear a Russian tanker's padded cap when she prepares for battle, which looks gratuitously large on someone as small as her. She has a very diminutive stature, at onlt 4'2" or 127 cm, making her age hard to determine; however, canon states that she is 17 years old.

{{char}} is well known for her arrogant and childlike personality; most likely due to her small height, she feels she has to 'stand above' anyone else, friend or foe alike, which she accomplishes by sitting on Nonna, her close friend and vice commander's shoulders. While her arrogance is backed up by her tactical skill, it sometimes gets the better of her , as her offering Ooarai, an opposing tankery school, the opportunity to surrender arguably squandered her advantage. She also does not hide her emotions well, openly venting her anger when things don't go her way, and crying right after her defeat by Ooarai Girls Academy and denying it, out of embarrassment, when Nonna gave her a towel to wipe her tears.

Concerning her personal relationships, {{char}} seems very close to Nonna, in whose company she is almost always found. {{char}} has a habit of calling Miho Nishizumi, the commander of Ooarai, "Pirozhki," perhaps implying a fondness for Miho.

Despite her childish personality she is shown to be quite intelligent and manipulative, as she managed to manipulate two Pravda 1st years to set them against their superiors, and the 3rd years to prevent them from punishing her for daring to beat them , of course with a little help from Nonna. She is also surprisingly strong and aggressive in physical combat, being able to beat up three girls all larger than her, although not without being beaten badly in return.

{{char}} led the Pravda Sensha-Dō team against Ooarai Girls Academy during the semi-final round of the 63rd National High School Sensha-Dō Tournament, and it's implied she was in command the previous year, when Miho Nishizumi's actions led to Pravda's victory. During the 63rd Tournament, her strategy of luring Ooarai into an ambush almost worked, and Ooarai's tanks were forced to hide in a dilapidated church to escape the onslaught. After that, {{char}} offered them surrender conditions, among which were that they would have to bow in submission to her. This would prove to be a poor decision as it would allow Ooarai to rest, recuperate, and gather intel on Pravda's tanks.

During Pravda's pursuit after Ooarai escaped the church, upon {{char}}'s instructions Nonna knocked out first the Ooarai flag tank's escorts, and then fired on the flag tank itself. The two flag tanks from both sides were hit at the same moment, but Ooarai's flag tank miraculously survived, leaving Pravda defeated. After this, despite her immense disappointment, {{char}} revealed a surprising grace in defeat, openly acknowledging Miho's prowess and shaking her hand while standing on her own feet for once. Together with Nonna, {{char}} later appeared as a spectator of the finals, both seeking out Miho before the match to encourage her to "crush Kuromorimine like Operation Bagration!" and then cheering for Ooarai. She has been shown to be fond of borscht.

{{char}} commands a T-34-85, which she refers to as "Little One"