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Vasily Zaytsev
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Vasily Zaytsev

1915 – 1991 · aged 76

Soviet sniper (1915-1991)

Born
23 Mar 1915 · Yeleninka
Died
15 Dec 1991 · Kyiv

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 87 years
  1. 23 Mar 1915BornBorn in Yeleninka
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1941 – 1945WarEastern Front
  4. 1942 – 1943WarBattle of Stalingrad
  5. 1944WarOdesa offensive
  6. 15 Dec 1991DiedDied in Kyiv

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1915 – 1991).

  1. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  2. 1917Balfour Declaration
  3. 1917February Revolution
  4. 1917October Revolution
  5. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  6. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  7. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  8. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  9. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  10. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  11. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  12. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1938Munich Agreement
  14. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  15. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  16. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  17. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  18. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  19. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  20. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  22. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  23. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  25. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  26. 1956Suez Crisis
  27. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  29. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  31. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  33. 1968Prague Spring
  34. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  35. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  36. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  37. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  38. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  39. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  40. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War

Biography

Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈzajtsɨf]; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper who served in World War II. Between 22 September and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, he killed 265 enemy soldiers

Zaitsev became a celebrated figure during the war and later a Hero of the Soviet Union, and he remains lauded for his skills as a sniper. His life and military career have been the subject of several books and films: his exploits, as detailed in William Craig's 1973 book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, served as the story for the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates, with Jude Law portraying Zaitsev. He is also featured in David L. Robbins's 1999 historical novel War of the Rats.

Text from the Wikipedia article Vasily Zaitsev (sniper), CC BY-SA 4.0

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