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Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Soviet sniper (1916-1974) · Russia · Writers · Died at 58

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The Red Army sniper who recorded 309 confirmed kills across the sieges of Odessa and Sevastopol - the deadliest woman with a rifle in military history.

A life in dates

1974Died10 October 19741952Medal "For Battle Merit"Award1945Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"Award1943Gold Star medalAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAward1942Medal "For Battle Merit"AwardOrder of LeninAward1939Voroshilov SharpshooterAward1916Born12 July 1916

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Awards

Medal "For Battle Merit"1952
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1945
Order of Lenin1943
Hero of the Soviet Union1943
Gold Star medal1943
Medal "For Battle Merit"1942
Order of Lenin1942
Voroshilov Sharpshooter1939
Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"
Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol"

About this person

Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko was born 12 July 1916 and joined the Red Army as the Eastern Front opened. She fought through the siege of Odessa and the siege of Sevastopol in the early stages of the war, until a mortar shell wounded her in battle and she was pulled back to Moscow. After recovery she trained other snipers, then in 1942 was sent abroad as a public spokeswoman - touring the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom while the war still raged. When it ended in 1945 she was reassigned as a senior researcher for the Soviet Navy. She died of a stroke on 10 October 1974, at 58.

Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 1974 · aged 58

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