lyudmila Pavlichenko - Soviet WWII sniper hero

the most succsessful and famous female Soviet sniper, Credited with 309 kills

Born in Bila Tserkva on July 12, 1916, Pavlichenko moved to Kiev with her family at the age of fourteen. There she joined a shooting club and developed into a sharpshooter, while working as a grinder at the Kiev Arsenal factory

In June 1941, 24-year old Pavlichenko was studying history at the Kiev University when Nazi Germany began its invasion of the Soviet Union.

Pavlichenko was among the first round of volunteers at the recruiting office, where she requested to join the infantry and subsequently she was assigned to the Red Army's 25th Infantry Division.

There she became one of 2,000 female snipers in the Red Army, of whom only about 500 ultimately survived the war. As a sniper, she made her first two kills near Belyayevka, using a Mosin-Nagant bolt action rifle with a P.E. 4-power scope.

Pvt. Pavlichenko fought for about two and a half months near Odessa, where she recorded 187 kills. When the Germans gained control of Odessa, her unit was pulled to be sent to Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula. In May 1942, Lieutenant Pavlichenko was cited by the Southern Army Council for killing 257 German soldiers. Her total confirmed kills during World War II was 309, including 36 enemy snipers. In June 1942, Pavlichenko was wounded by mortar fire. Because of her growing status, she was pulled from combat less than a month after recovering from her wound.

She was sent to Canada and the United States for a publicity visit and became the first Soviet citizen to be received by a U.S. President when Franklin Roosevelt welcomed her at the White House. Later, Pavlichenko was invited by Eleanor Roosevelt to tour America relating her experiences. She appeared before the International Student Assembly being held in Washington, D.C., and later attended CIO meetings and made appearances and speeches in New York City. The United States gave her a Colt automatic pistol, and in Canada, she was presented with a sighted Winchester rifle, the latter of which is now on display at the Central Museum of the Armed Forces in Moscow. While visiting in Canada along with Vladimir Pehelintsev (fellow sniper) and Nikolai Krasavchenko (Moscow fuel commissioner), they were greeted by thousands at Toronto's Union Station.
The 1976 USSR-issued postage stamp dedicated to Pavlichenko

Having attained the rank of Major, Pavlichenko never returned to combat but became an instructor and trained Soviet snipers until the war's end. In 1943, she was awarded the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union, and was commemorated on a Soviet postage stamp.

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[jantsi123]

simo häyhä killed 705 russians. 505 with a M28 without a scope and 200+ with SMG's. russians deployed counter snipers to take him out but they failed. they even tried to artillery simo's positions but only managed to tear his coat up. the finns sort of won the winter war. 3 times more russians than finns, 100 times more tanks and 30 times more airplanes than the finns had. the finns killed 5 times more russians than russians killed finns

[SashaVedernikov]

@jantsi123 Alright then go post that on a Simo Hayha video,I'm sick of every fucking sniper video you turn it into a Simo Hayha worship fest. BTW newspapers from Finland state Hayha killed 215 Soviets. As well Soviet Army was disorganized when they invaded Finland which is why so many Soviets were killed

[jantsi123]

@SashaVedernikov BTW what newspaper? when were those news released, one day after the war started? I'm sick of every fucking russian saying that a soviet sniper killed 1000+ nazis when they never killed more than 500, killing your own men doesn't count you see

[SashaVedernikov]

@jantsi123 Helinski 1940 1 month after the war ended,was also published in U.S. papers stating 215 kills. Fyodor Okhlopkov killed 1200 Nazis son,Lets see you will believe that Hayha killed 702 people in 4 months yet you wont believe a Russian killed that many plus more in 5 years,get your head out your ass and stop being so naive

[OCEANODEHIEL]

FUCKING BITCH! BURN IN THE HELL,TOGETHER TO THE FAGGOT OF STALIN!

14/88

[SashaVedernikov]

@OCEANODEHIEL ooooh mr. badass writes in capitals,grow the fuck up boy,you nazi cock fucking faggot. i bet you have waffen ss posters on your wall and a swastika tattooed between your eyes. what a douche

[TheBlindPowerslave]

@101Restoration Lad, what makes you think people give a fuck about a Nazi punk's opinions?

[101Restoration]

@Garfieldfan1000 She was not even Russian but Ukrainian. Shame she fought on the wrong side 

[101Restoration]

@SashaVedernikov They were also disorganized at the outset of barbarossa as well. What a shame that such talented skilled Ukrainian women turned out to be no more than Little Russian commie janissaries yanichary who served in Stalin's tyrannical regime that was no better than Hitler's National Socialism. One wonders if officer Pavlichenko was one of those komsomol activists who also helped in the de-kulakization and deportation of her countrymen to Siberia in the 1930s.

[satanic666sonic]

@SashaVedernikov Fydor Okhlopkov is just an example that Russian propaganda of that time was just ridiculous.

[BasterNSK]

@ivixeg

you are product of narcotik and alcohol. idiot.

[ivixeg]

Just a product of propaganda, like all the other soviet snipers.

[bldswtrs21]

who did the most fighting russians or the americans against

[Garfieldfan1000]

This russian woman is for me a Hero! long life russia!!!

[SniperSurkov]

@jantsi123 yea no shit

[jantsi123]

@SniperSurkov NO SHIT SHERLOCK