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Specifically it's Russian Princess Evgenia Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya with her
instructor Vsevolod Mikhailovich Abramovich. Abramovitch was killed in a
crash when he was instructing Shakhovskaya in 1913 (probably shortly after
this picture was taken).

Princess Evgenia actually qualified in August 1911, making her Russia's
second female pilot. In November 1914 she became the first woman in the
world to fly as a military pilot (flying reconnaissance missions in the
Imperial Russian Air Service - one of several women to serve in that role).

Abramovich worked for a German subsidiary of the Wright Brothers and then
designed the Abramovich Flyer shown in the picture.

To spice things up for those expecting a more racy picture, Shakhovskaya was
reportedly a bit of a nymphomaniac.

The photograph is from the Library of Congress (hence it's snappy name).