Lyudmila Pavlichenko
1916 – 1974 · aged 58
Soviet sniper (1916–1974)
- Born
- 12 Jul 1916 · Bila Tserkva
- Died
- 10 Oct 1974 · Moscow
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 12 Jul 1916BornBorn in Bila Tserkva
- 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
- 1939AwardVoroshilov Sharpshooter
- 1941WarOperation München
- 1941WarSiege of Odesa 1941
- 1941 – 1942WarSiege of Sevastopol
- 1942AwardMedal "For Battle Merit"
- 1942AwardOrder of Lenin
- 1943AwardGold Star medal
- 1943AwardHero of the Soviet Union
- 1943AwardOrder of Lenin
- 1945AwardMedal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- 1952AwardMedal "For Battle Merit"
- 10 Oct 1974DiedDied in Moscow
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1916 – 1974).
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko (née Belova; 12 July [O.S. 29 June] 1916 – 10 October 1974) was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II. She is the deadliest female sniper, and one of the deadliest snipers in history, with 309 confirmed kills. She served in the Red Army during the siege of Odessa and the siege of Sevastopol, during the early stages of the fighting on the Eastern Front.
After she was injured in battle by a mortar shell, she was evacuated to Moscow. After she recovered from her injuries, she trained other Red Army snipers and was a public spokeswoman for the Red Army. In 1942, she toured the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. After the war ended in 1945, she was reassigned as a senior researcher for the Soviet Navy. She died of a stroke at the age of 58.
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