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Lyudmila Pavlichenko: Soviet Female Sniper Who Killed 309 Nazi Soldiers
Lyudmila Pavlichenko became the most successful female sniper in recorded history, credited with 309 confirmed kills while fighting Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.
Born in 1916 in Bila Tserkva, in what is now Ukraine, Pavlichenko was studying history at Kyiv University when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. She volunteered for the Red Army and insisted on serving in combat rather than being assigned to a nursing role.
Serving with the 25th Rifle Division, Pavlichenko fought in the brutal battles for Odessa and Sevastopol. Her precision, patience…
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