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Gertruda is a song by Russian singer Boris Grebenshikov.
Gertruda Kilosówna (1913 – 1938) was a Polish middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Gertruda Biernat (1923 – 2016) was a Polish geologist and paleontologist. During World War II, she joined the Polish resistance, including participating in the Warsaw Uprising. She is noted for her work in identifying and studying brachiopods of the Ordovician period of the Paleozoic Era, and several have been named in her honor. Biernat worked at institutions of the Polish Academy of Sciences, published major works on brachiopods, participating in paleontological expeditions internationally, including leading a series of expeditions in the Arctic.
Also Croatian: https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Gertruda/
Also Slovene: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertruda
Also Corsican: http://www.corsicami.com/corse%20prenoms/prenoms_corses_m11.htm
Gertruda is also the Croatian and Czech form of Gertrude:- http://imehrvatsko.net/namepages/view/first_name/Gertruda (in Croatian)
- https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertruda (in Czech)
- http://www.rodina.cz/jmeno.asp?jmeno=Gertruda (in Czech)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Czech_female_given_names (in English)A known Czech bearer of this name was Gertruda Sekaninová-Čakrtová (1908-1986), a lawyer, politician and diplomat of Jewish origin:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertruda_Sekaninov%C3%A1-%C4%8Cakrtov%C3%A1 (in English) [noted -ed]
This name was also used in the early decades of the Soviet Union, as one of the invented names that were once very popular. It meant "worker hero," derived from the elements geroy truda. Today, it's used as the Russian form of Gertrude.
Much prettier than Gertrude in my opinion.

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