The emergence of sniper art
Since the emergence of personal weapons in armies, which provided the opportunity to hit the enemy at long distances, accurate shooters began to be distinguished from soldiers. Subsequently, separate units of rangers began to form from them. As a result, a separate type of light infantry was formed. The main tasks that the soldiers received included the destruction of officers of enemy troops, as well as the demoralization of the enemy through accurate shooting at significant distances. For this purpose, shooters were armed with special rifles.
In the 19th century, modernization of weapons occurred. The tactics changed accordingly. This was facilitated by the emergence of an optical sight. During the First World War, snipers were part of a separate cohort of saboteurs. Their goal was to quickly and effectively defeat enemy personnel. At the very beginning of the war, snipers were mainly used by the Germans. However, over time, special schools began to appear in other countries. In conditions of protracted conflicts, this “profession” has become quite in demand.
Shooting training in the USSR
Historians from many countries around the world unanimously declare that during the Second World War, soldiers from the USSR proved to be the best snipers. Moreover, they surpassed enemy and allied soldiers not only in the level of training, but also in the number of shooters. Germany was able to get a little closer to this level only at the end of the war - in 1944. Interestingly, to train their soldiers, German officers used manuals written for Soviet snipers. Where did such a number of marksmanship come from in the pre-war period in our country?
Since 1932, shooting training has been carried out with Soviet citizens. During this period of time, the country's leadership established the honorary title “Voroshilov Shooter,” confirmed by a special badge. They were divided into two degrees, the second was considered the most honorable. To obtain it, it was necessary to pass a number of difficult tests that were beyond the power of ordinary shooters. Every boy, to be honest, and girls too, dreamed of showing off the Voroshilov Shooter badge. For this reason, they spent a lot of time in shooting clubs, practicing hard.
In the thirty-fourth year of the last century, exhibition competitions were held between our and American shooters. The unexpected result for the United States was their loss. The Soviet riflemen snatched victory by a huge margin, which indicated their excellent preparation.
The work on shooting training was carried out for seven years and was suspended with the outbreak of the first hostilities. However, by this time the Voroshilov Rifleman badge was proudly worn by more than nine million civilians of both sexes.
Finnish snipers
Between 1939 and 1940, Finnish marksmen were considered the best. World War II snipers learned a lot from them. Finnish riflemen were nicknamed “cuckoos”. The reason for this was that they used special “nests” in trees. This feature was distinctive for the Finns, although trees were used for this purpose in almost all countries.
So who exactly do the best snipers of World War II owe to? The most famous “cuckoo” was Simo Heihe. He was nicknamed the "white death". The number of confirmed murders he committed exceeded the mark of 500 liquidated Red Army soldiers. In some sources, his indicators were equal to 700. He was quite seriously wounded. But Simo was able to recover. He died in 2002.
Propaganda played its role
The best snipers of the Second World War, namely their achievements, were actively used in propaganda. Quite often it happened that the personalities of the shooters began to acquire legends.
The famous domestic sniper Vasily Zaitsev was able to destroy about 240 enemy soldiers. This figure was average for effective marksmen of that war. But due to propaganda, he was made the most famous Red Army sniper. At the present stage, historians seriously doubt the existence of Major Koenig, Zaitsev’s main opponent in Stalingrad. The main achievements of the domestic shooter include the development of a sniper training program. He personally took part in their preparation. In addition, he formed a full-fledged sniper school. Its graduates were called “hares.”
Vasily Zaitsev
This sniper is considered a true war legend. A hunter in peacetime, he knew everything about shooting firsthand, so from the first days of his service he became a sniper. Historians claim that in the Battle of Stalingrad alone, more than two hundred enemies fell from his well-aimed shots. Among them were eleven German snipers.
There is a well-known story about how the Nazis, tired of Zaitsev’s elusiveness, sent him to destroy his best sniper in Germany of the Second World War - the head of the secret shooting school Erwin Koenig. Vasily’s fellow soldiers said that there was a real duel between the snipers. It lasted almost three days and ended in victory for the Soviet rifleman.
Top marksmen
Who are they, the best snipers of World War II? You should know the names of the most successful shooters. Mikhail Surkov is in first position. He destroyed about 702 enemy soldiers. Following him on the list is Ivan Sidorov. He killed 500 soldiers. Nikolai Ilyin is in third position. He killed 497 enemy soldiers. Following him with the mark of 489 killed is Ivan Kulbertinov.
The best snipers of the USSR of World War II were not only men. In those years, women also actively joined the ranks of the Red Army. Some of them subsequently became quite effective shooters. Soviet women killed about 12 thousand enemy soldiers. And the most effective was Lyudmila Pavlichenkova, who had 309 killed soldiers.
The best snipers of the USSR in World War II, of which there were quite a lot, have a large number of effective shots to their credit. More than 400 soldiers were killed by approximately fifteen riflemen. 25 snipers killed more than 300 enemy soldiers. 36 riflemen killed more than 200 Germans.
The best Soviet female snipers of World War II
Of course, war does not have a feminine face. However, Soviet girls made their invaluable contribution to the victory over fascism, fighting in different sectors of the front. It is known that among them there were about one thousand snipers. Together they were able to destroy twelve thousand German soldiers and officers. Surprisingly, the results of many of them are much higher than those who were called the best German snipers of World War II.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko is considered the most successful shooter among women. This amazing beauty signed up to volunteer immediately after the declaration of war with Germany. Over two years of combat, she was able to eliminate three hundred and nine fascists, including thirty-six enemy snipers. For this feat she was awarded the title of Hero of the USSR; for the last two years of the war she did not take part in battles.
Olga Vasilyeva was often called the best female sniper of World War II. This fragile girl has one hundred and forty-eight fascists to her name, but in 1943 no one believed that she could become a real sniper, whom the enemy would fear. The girl left a notch on the butt of her rifle after each well-aimed shot. By the end of the war he was completely covered in marks.
Genya Peretyatko is deservedly ranked among the best female snipers of the Second World War. For a long time practically nothing was known about this girl, but she destroyed one hundred and forty-eight enemies with well-aimed and accurate shots from her rifle.
Even before the start of the war, Genya was seriously involved in shooting; it was her real passion. At the same time, the girl was interested in music. It is surprising that she skillfully combined both activities until the war intervened in her life. Peretyatko immediately signed up as a volunteer for the front, and thanks to her abilities she was quickly transferred to snipers. After the end of the war, the girl moved to the USA, where she lived for the rest of her life.
There is little information about enemy shooters
There is not so much data about “colleagues” on the enemy side. This is due to the fact that no one tried to boast of their exploits. Therefore, the best German snipers of the Second World War are practically unknown in ranks and names. One can only say with certainty about those shooters who were awarded the Knight's Iron Cross. This happened in 1945. One of them was Frederick Payne. He killed about 200 enemy soldiers. The most productive player was probably Matthias Hetzenauer. They killed about 345 soldiers. The third sniper who was awarded the order was Joseph Ollerberg. He left memoirs in which quite a lot was written about the activities of German riflemen during the war. The sniper himself killed about 257 soldiers.
Vladimir Pchelintsev
This man had a difficult and interesting fate. It can be said that he was one of the few people who could be called professional snipers. Even before the age of forty-one, he studied shooting and even achieved the high title of master of sports. Pchelintsev had unique accuracy, which allowed him to destroy four hundred and fifty-six fascists.
Surprisingly, a year after the start of the war, he was delegated to the United States along with Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who was later named the best female sniper of World War II. They spoke at the International Student Congress about how bravely Soviet youth were fighting for the freedom of their country and called on other states not to give in to the onslaught of the fascist infection. Interestingly, the shooters were given the honor of spending the night within the walls of the White House.
Sniper terror
It should be noted that the Anglo-American allies landed in Normandy in 1944. And it was in this place that the best snipers of the Second World War were located during that period. German riflemen killed many soldiers. And their effectiveness was facilitated by the terrain, which was simply replete with bushes. The British and Americans in Normandy faced real sniper terror. Only after this did the Allied forces think about training specialized shooters who could work with an optical sight. However, the war has already come to an end. Therefore, the snipers of America and England were never able to set records.
Thus, the Finnish “cuckoos” taught a good lesson in their time. Thanks to them, the best snipers of World War II served in the Red Army.
Sniper "elite" of the III Reich. Revelations of murderers (collection) - Sviridenkov M. P.
Josef Ollerberg
Sniper "elite" of the III Reich. Revelations of killers
Gunter Bauer. Death through a telescopic sight
Chapter first. Recruitment notice
September, 1937
That day, as always, I was in the bakery that belonged to our family. My mother Anna and my pregnant wife Ingrid worked there with me. Ingrid and I were both eighteen years old. We got married just two months earlier.
I helped my mother run the bakery business for several years, and as I grew older, it became our family business. Mother was glad that I shifted some of her worries onto my shoulders.
Two elderly women entered the bakery. They looked at different cakes and cookies for a long time, quietly discussing among themselves what was best for them to buy. In the end, they made their choice and made a purchase. On the way out, the postman, who was heading towards us, helpfully held the door for them.
“I brought you a draft notice, Gunther,” he said as he entered.
Hearing these words, I felt that in an instant my life had changed dramatically. I knew that two years ago universal conscription had been restored in Germany, but I treated it somehow with detachment, not imagining that it would affect me.
The postman handed me a small yellow envelope with my name and address printed on it.
“Thank you, Walter,” I said and handed him the cake: “Help yourself.”
Taking the cake, the postman smiled:
“Thank you, Gunther,” raising his hat, he bowed to my mother and Ingrid and left the bakery.
My mother's face immediately became very concerned, she looked at me with concern.
“Mom, everything will be fine,” I tried to reassure her and forced myself to smile.
“Your father died in the war,” she sighed.
“But we’re not at war with anyone now,” I objected.
Opening the envelope, I began to read the summons. It informed me that I had to report to the recruiting station within three days and that if I did not do this, I would face arrest. In addition, the summons indicated the address of my recruiting station, which, as it turned out, was located several kilometers from our bakery.
The next three days passed very quickly. All this time, my mother endlessly gave me various pieces of advice that, as she thought, could help me avoid army service:
- Tell them you just got married. Tell them that your baby is about to be born...
However, she herself was very afraid that none of these arguments would change anything. And my mother repeated to me several times during these three days:
“Gunther, I beg you, don’t try to act like a daredevil if you ever find yourself in a war.” Your father was a brave man, and he is no longer with us. And you must return home safe and sound.
Ingrid transmitted my mother's worries. One evening, when we were alone, her face became very serious and sad. She said, barely holding back tears:
– Promise me that you will return, Gunther.
– Of course I’ll be back! – I answered with feigned cheerfulness. “But then you, too, promise that you will wait for me.”
She promised and brought my hand to her stomach:
– Tell our child that you will definitely return.
I kissed Ingrid on the stomach and, smiling, said, turning to the one who was inside:
“Baby, your dad is telling you this.” I promise you and mom that I will come back. We will be together again, and everything will be fine with us!
Ingrid accompanied me to the recruiting station. When I got there, I saw a long line of young people. Some of them stood with their wives, girlfriends and mothers. There were even a few small children in the crowd who were brought to see their fathers off.
I got in line. Ingrid did not want to leave and squeezed my hand.
“Don’t worry, we’ll most likely just be sent to guard the border,” I said, not fully believing the veracity of my words.
In those days, many had a presentiment that difficult trials awaited Germany. Life in the country has changed dramatically in just the last few years. With Hitler's rise to power in 1933, the inculcation of Nazi ideology began. Disagreement with the ruling regime was gradually suppressed more and more harshly. Eventually it got to the point where even an innocent joke about Hitler or his party could lead to arrest. However, I myself was too young then to think about such things. The only thing that caught my eye was that about two years before I received my draft notice, several Jews who had previously been regular customers stopped visiting our bakery. But at that time I didn’t attach much importance to it. Perhaps these people managed to escape the country, or they suffered a much worse fate.
I myself was never a Nazi. But I remember well that by the mid-thirties the German people were divided into their supporters and those who could only remain silent and afraid. The Nazis were everywhere. Even near the recruiting station, several of them walked around in black shirts with a swastika on the sleeve and handed out propaganda leaflets. When one of them was handed to me, I took it, smiling politely. I didn't need any extra problems.
Soon it was my turn. I hugged my wife tightly:
– Ingrid, everything will be fine. I'll be back soon, trust me!
She almost burst into tears and once again said that she loved me very much and would wait. We kissed and I entered the corridor of the recruiting station. Ingrid looked after me, but the door was on a spring and slammed shut as soon as I entered.
There was also a line in the hallway that led to a massive table. A portly sergeant towered over the table. He took the summons from the conscripts and asked each of them a series of formal questions.
When I finally got to the desk, the sergeant asked me my name, address, age, weight, and the like. When asking questions, he did not pause. His voice sounded monotonous, and his face expressed nothing. He even seemed to me not like a person, but like some kind of machine.
Everything that happened next also resembled a conveyor belt. In the next huge room we went through a medical examination, taking turns moving from one doctor to another. After that, another sergeant handed me a document to sign, according to which I was drafted into the army for four years. I had no choice but to sign.
Soon after this, each of us was given personal soldier's books, which we had to carry with us at all times. In addition, we received special forms in which each of us had to indicate the names and addresses of our closest relatives, as well as write down what he had done in previous years and what skills he had. Based on this, our military specialty was subsequently determined.
I couldn’t think of anything better than to write that I worked in a bakery, and also that I have marksmanship skills. I learned to shoot a rifle in a school club. The teacher said that I was the most accurate boy he ever taught. And this was indeed the case.
When we filled out all the papers, we were lined up in the courtyard behind the recruiting station. There were already army trucks there. We loaded into them and were taken to the station. Soon we were already sitting on a train that was taking us away from our native Hamburg. However, our journey lasted only a few hours. And then we unloaded at the station, where army trucks were again waiting for us.
It was already getting dark when we arrived at the training camp. We were lined up on the parade ground in front of the barracks. Sergeant Krauss, who was later responsible for our training, made a speech, the general meaning of which was that he would make real fighters out of us who would guard the interests of Germany, the Fuhrer and the people. After this, we were placed in barracks, where we were to live for the next three months.
Women fought equally with men
Since ancient times, it has been the case that men are engaged in war. However, in 1941, when the Germans attacked our country, the entire people began to defend it. Holding weapons in their hands, at machines and on collective farm fields, Soviet people - men, women, old people and children - fought against fascism. And they were able to win.
The chronicle contains a lot of information about women who received military awards. And the best snipers of the war were also present among them. Our girls were able to destroy more than 12 thousand enemy soldiers. Six of them received the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union. And one girl became a full holder of the Soldier's Order of Glory.
Ivan Sidorenko
This fighter is considered one of the most unique Soviet shooters. After all, before the war, Sidorenko planned to become a professional artist and had great prospects in this field. But the war had its own way and the young man was sent to a military school, after graduating from which he went to the front with the rank of officer.
The newly appointed commander was immediately entrusted with a mortar company, where he showed his sniper talents. During the war years, Sidorenko destroyed five hundred German soldiers, but he himself was seriously wounded three times. After each time, he returned to the front, but in the end the consequences of the wounds were very severe for the body. This did not allow Sidorenko to graduate from the military academy, but before retiring, he received the Hero of the Soviet Union.
Legend girl
As mentioned above, the famous sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenkova killed about 309 soldiers. Of these, 36 were enemy riflemen. In other words, she alone was able to destroy almost an entire battalion. A film called “The Battle of Sevastopol” was made based on her exploits. The girl went to the front voluntarily in 1941. She took part in the defense of Sevastopol and Odessa.
In June 1942, the girl was wounded. After that, she no longer took part in hostilities. The wounded Lyudmila was carried from the battlefield by Alexei Kitsenko, with whom she fell in love. They decided to file a report on marriage registration. However, the happiness did not last too long. In March 1942, the lieutenant was seriously wounded and died in the arms of his wife.
In the same year, Lyudmila became part of the delegation of Soviet youth and left for America. There she created a real sensation. After returning, Lyudmila became an instructor at a sniper school. Under her leadership, several dozen good shooters were trained. This is how they were - the best snipers of the USSR in World War II.
The most productive snipers
Snipers in ambush. Far left is senior sergeant Ivan Petrovich Merkulov, sniper of the 1st rifle company of the 610th rifle regiment. Far right - Merkulov's student Sergeant Zolotov
Ace snipers who destroyed 50 or more enemy soldiers
Sniper Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev. destroyed from November 10 to December 17, 1942, 225 soldiers and officers of the German army and the armies of their allies
Photo supposedly depicting Erwin König
The best snipers of the Second World War were Russian snipers, and there is a very specific explanation for this fact: long before the start of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Union paid special attention to mass shooting training of the population, the development of skills in handling weapons and marksmanship. In 1932, when Osoaviakhim established the title of Voroshilov shooter, a broad movement began to master shooting skills. About 9 million people were awarded the Voroshilov Shooter badge. The result of this work was a reserve of well-trained riflemen.
Even before the start of the Great Patriotic War, sniper squads were included in the staff of the units of the NKPS Communications Security Units. Real sniper counts are actually higher than verified ones. For example, Fyodor Okhlopkov, according to estimates, destroyed more than a thousand Germans in total, also using a machine gun. In 1943, there were more than 1,000 women among Soviet snipers; During the war, they counted more than 12,000 Germans. The first ten Soviet snipers killed (confirmed) 4,200 soldiers and officers, and the top twenty – 7,400. A sniper of the 82nd Infantry Division, Mikhail Lysov, shot down a Ju-87 in October 1941 using an automatic rifle with a sniper scope. Unfortunately, there is no data on the number of infantrymen he killed. And the sniper of the 796th Rifle Division, Sergeant Major Antonov Vasily Antonovich, in July 1942 near Voronezh, shot down a twin-engine Ju-88 with four rifle shots. Data on the number of infantrymen he killed also has not been preserved.
Our snipers' weapons were mainly the Mosin sniper rifle. However, the sniper version of the SVT was also used.
The Wehrmacht began training snipers only towards the end of 1942, and not only captured Soviet sniper rifles were used, but also Soviet training films and manuals. Therefore, the Germans managed to reach the required level only in 1944. It is believed that the training of snipers in Germany was carried out by Erwin Koenig, who was killed by Vasily Zaitsev in Stalingrad. It is also alleged that the head of the sniper school in Zossen was SS Standartenführer Heinz Thorwald, whose existence, like the school itself, is also in doubt - German snipers were trained not in schools, but directly in the troops. Many generally believe that Koenig was invented by the writer William Craig, who wrote the book “Enemy at the Gates” in 1973. However, the sight taken by Zaitsev from Koenig’s sniper rifle was exhibited at the Central Museum of the Armed Forces. in Moscow, which, however, was removed from the exhibition some time ago.
Most likely, Koenig was simply a good sniper and was among those 11 snipers who were killed by Vasily Zaitsev, and inflating the importance of his person has only the goal of making the average person think that the Germans also had ace snipers.
Mosin sniper rifle
SVT with sniper scope
Lyudmila Pavlichenko is the most successful female sniper, having killed 309 enemies.
The most effective of our snipers was the foreman from the 1st battalion of the 39th rifle regiment of the 4th rifle division of the 12th army, Mikhail Ilyich Surkov. Of the female snipers, the most effective was a sniper from the 54th Infantry Regiment of the 25th Chapaev Rifle Division, Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko. Among the best snipers there were many hunters who had been involved in hunting since childhood. The hunters were Vasily Zaitsev, Yakut sniper Fyodor Matveevich Okhlopkov and Mikhail Surkov. Evenki snipers Semyon Danilovich also became famous.
Interesting fact: from January 18 to January 28, 1943, a rally of NKVD snipers from all fronts was held in Moscow. 309 people took part in its work. After a four-day instructor-methodological seminar, combat training took place. During it, a combined battalion of snipers from the rally participants destroyed 2,375 Wehrmacht troops in ten days.
Among the German snipers, Matthias Hetzenauer distinguished himself - 345 confirmed killed, Joseph Allerberger - 257 confirmed killed, and the Lithuanian Bruno Sutkus, who fought for the Germans, - 209 killed. Finn Simo Häyhä also became famous, to whom 504 Red Army soldiers were killed, of which 219 were documented.
List of the most successful Soviet snipers
| Full Name | Number of enemies destroyed | Notes |
| Surkov Mikhail Ilyich | 702 | 4th SD, 12th Army. |
| Salbiev Vladimir Gavrilovich | 601 | (71 GvSD and 95 GvSD) by 12/20/1944 |
| Kvachantiradze Vasily Shalvovich | 534 | GSS dated March 24, 1945. |
| Sidorenko Ivan Mikhailovich | about 500 | GSS dated June 4, 1944. |
| Ilyin Nikolay Yakovlevich | 494 | GSS dated 02/08/1943. Died on August 4, 1943. |
| Kulbertinov Ivan Nikolaevich | 487 | Died in 1993. |
| Pchelintsev Vladimir Nikolaevich | 456 (including 14 snipers) | GSS dated February 6, 1942. |
| Goncharov Pyotr Alekseevich | 445 | GSS dated January 10, 1944. Died on January 30, 1944. |
| News Budenkov Mikhail Ivanovich | 437 | GSS dated March 24, 1945. |
| Renskov Ivan Mikhailovich | 437 | Data requires clarification |
| Okhlopkov Fedor Matveevich | 429 | GSS dated May 6, 1965. |
| Dyachenko Fedor Trofimovich | 425 | GSS dated February 21, 1944. |
| Petrenko Stepan Vasilievich | 422 (including 12 snipers) | GSS dated March 24, 1945. |
| Golosov Vasily Ivanovich | 422 (including 70 snipers) | Died on August 16, 1943. GSS dated October 26, 1943. |
| Galushkin Nikolay Ivanovich | 418 (including 17 snipers) | GRF dated June 21, 1995. |
| Gordienko Afanasy Emelyanovich | 417 ( 424 ? ) | Died in 1943. |
| Abdybekov Tuleugali Nasyrkhanovich | 397 | Died of wounds on February 23, 1944. |
| Kharchenko Fedor Alekseevich | 387 | Died on January 23, 1944. GSS dated May 6, 1965. |
| Nomokonov Semyon Danilovich | 368 | Including one general and 8 Japanese. |
| Medvedev Viktor Ivanovich | 362 | GSS dated February 22, 1944. |
| Velichko Gennady Iosifovich | 360 | According to other data - 330. GSS dated October 26, 1943. |
| Antonov Ivan Petrovich | 352 (including 20 snipers) | GSS dated February 22, 1943. |
| Belousov Mikhail Ignatievich | about 350 | GSS dated October 26, 1943. |
| Govorukhin Alexander | 349 | 296th SP, 13th SD. |
| Idrisov Abdukhazhi | 349 | GSS dated June 3, 1944. |
| Rubakho Philipp Yakovlevich | 346 | Died of wounds on September 14, 1943. GSS dated January 22, 1944. |
| Larkin Ivan Ivanovich | 340 | GSS dated January 15, 1944. |
| Markin Ivan I. | 340 | 1183rd SP, 356th SD |
| Gorelikov Ivan Pavlovich | at least 338 | GSS dated April 28, 1943. |
| Grigoriev Ilya Leonovich | 328 (including 18 snipers) | GSS dated July 15, 1944. |
| Butkevich Leonid Vladimirovich | 327 | According to some sources - 345. GSS dated October 25, 1943. |
| Nikolaev Evgeniy Adrianovich | 324 | 14th SP, 21st SD NKVD |
| Ivasik Mikhail Adamovich | 320 | Died on August 18, 1944. GSS dated March 24, 1945. |
| Tulaev Zhambyl Evshcheevich | 313 (including 30 snipers) | GSS dated February 14, 1943. |
| Lebedev Alexander Pavlovich | 307 | Died on August 14, 1943. GSS dated June 4, 1944. |
| Titov Vasily Alexandrovich | 307 | 301st Special Operations Division of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet. |
| Dobrik Ivan Timofeevich | 302 | 14th SP, 21st SD NKVD. |
| Usik Moisey Timofeevich | not less than 300 | GSS dated October 17, 1943. Died on January 8, 1944. |
| Adamiya Noy Petrovich | about 300 | Died in July 1942. GSS dated July 24, 1942. |
| Vedernikov Nikolay Stepanovich | about 300 (including machine gun) | GSS dated June 27, 1945. |
| Bryksin Maxim Semyonovich | about 300 | 726th SP, 395th SD. |
| Abdulov Ivan Filippovich | 298 (including 5 snipers) | Died on March 11, 1943. GSS dated October 26, 1943. |
| Reznichenko Fedor | 285 | Leningrad Front. |
| Ostafeychuk Ivan | 280 | 395th SD |
| Smetnev Yakov Mikhailovich | 279 | GSS dated March 24, 1945. |
| Bezgolosov Vitaly Methodievich | 279 | Died on April 30, 1945. GSS dated May 15, 1946. |
| Passar Maxim Alexandrovich | 272 ( 236 ? ) | 71st Guards SD. Died on January 17, 1943. |
| Dorzhiev Tsyrendashi | 270 | 202nd SD, North-Western Front. Died in January 1943. |
| Chekhov Anatoly Ivanovich | 265 | 39th GvSP, 13th GvSD, 62nd Army. |
| Kashitsin? ? | 264 | 296th SP, 13th SD. Leningrad Front. |
| Sokhin Mikhail Stepanovich | 261 | GSS dated September 13, 1944. |
| Shorets Pavel | 261 | There are no exact data. |
| Akhmetyanov Akhat | 250 | Leningrad Front. |
| Chegodaev Fedor Kuzmich | 250 | By May 1942. GSS dated July 21, 1942. |
| Bocharov Ivan Ivanovich | 248 | GSS dated June 3, 1944. |
| Palmin Nikolay V. | 247 | 234th SD |
| Maslov? ? | 242 | |
| Zaitsev Vasily Grigorievich | 242 (including 11 snipers) | GSS dated February 22, 1943. |
| News Simanchuk Grigory Mikhailovich | 240 | 187th SP, 72nd SD, 55th Army. |
| Petrov Egor Konstantinovich | 240 | 1100th SP, 327th SD, 2nd Shock Army. Died in 1944. |
| Suleimenov Ibragim | at least 239 | 8th Guards Infantry Division, 3rd Shock Army. Died in October 1943. |
| Strebkov Dmitry Ivanovich | 230 | 44th GvSP, 15th GvSD. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Zeynutdinov Kalimulla | at least 226 | 417th SD |
| Doev David Teboevich | 226 (including 3 snipers) | Died on November 12, 1943. GSS dated May 16, 1944. |
| Golichenkov Pyotr Ivanovich | 225 (including 23 snipers) | According to other data - 248. GSS dated February 6, 1942. |
| fighter nicknamed "Zhigan" | 224 | In the battles for Stalingrad. |
| Danilov V.I. | 224 | By August 1943. 32nd Army, Karelian Front. |
| Mironov Mikhail Yakovlevich | 223 | GSS dated February 21, 1944. |
| Sorikov Mikhail Elevich | not less than 220 | 39th SP, 4th SD. |
| Nikitin Nikolay V. | 220 | Leningrad Front. |
| Semenov Nikolay Fedorovich | 218 | 169th SP, 86th SD, 2nd Infantry Army. Senior sergeant, for the period from 08/29/41 to 06/10/43. In addition, he trained and mentored 94 more snipers, who killed more than 580 Germans. |
| Naimushin Ivan Grigorievich | 217 | 375th SD |
| Shabanov Pavel | 210 | Leningrad Front. |
| Galimov Vahit Gazizovich | 207 | Died on September 28, 1943. GSS dated February 22, 1944. |
| Elkin? ? | at least 207 | |
| Pupkov Alexey | 203 | 182nd SD, 27th and 34th armies. |
| Lebedev Ivan | 203 | 61st Army, Bryansk Front. |
| Talalaev Vasily Ivanovich | more than 200 | Died on April 22, 1945. GSS dated May 31, 1945. |
| Atnagulov Fakhretdin | more than 200 | 1st Shock Army, North-Western Front. |
| Afanasiev Nikifor Samsonovich | more than 200 | GSS dated June 3, 1944. |
| Petrov Vasily | more than 200 | Sailor of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, died. |
| Kochubey? ? | more than 200 | 187th SP, 72nd SD, 55th Army. |
| Komaritsky Vasily Mikhailovich | not less than 200 | 1183rd SP, 356th SD. |
| News Rataev Vasily Semenovich | 200 | By September 20, 1942. Died on August 1, 1944. |
| Krasnov Vladimir Nikiforovich | about 200 | Died on October 7, 1943. |
| Tkachev Ivan Terentievich | about 200 | 21st Guards Rifle Division, 3rd Shock Army. |
| Surin F. G. | about 200 | CBS 2nd and 3rd degree. |
| Kurka Vasily Timofeevich | about 200 | Died in January 1945. |
| Maryasov? ? | 198 | 309th SD, Voronezh Front. |
| Kozlenkov Anatoly Vladimirovich | 194 | 483rd GvSP, 118th GvSD. |
| Ukhinov Dorji | 193 | 188th SD, 27th Army. |
| Amaev Makhmud Mutievich | 192 | 87th GvSP, 29th GvSD. Died on February 22, 1943. |
| Vilhelms Janis Voldemarovich | 190 | GSS dated July 21, 1942. |
| Sinyavin? ? | 190 | By February 22, 1942. |
| Abbasov Mamed-Ali | 187 | By the end of 1943. 63rd KBMP Northern Fleet |
| Khandogin Gavriil Nikiforovich | 182 | 622nd SP, 250th SD and 674th SP, 150th SD. |
| Denisenko Stepan Petrovich | 181 | 1128th SP, 336th SD. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Zhizhin Alexey Mikhailovich | 180 | 961st SP, 274th SD, 36th SK. Died in May 1945. |
| Bogdanov Pyotr Afanasyevich | about 180 | Paired with. |
| Ushakov? ? | 179 | Autumn 1942, 83rd Guards Rifle Division. |
| Istichkin F. | 177 | By May 1943. 266th SD. |
| Rakhmatullin Zagid Kalievich | 177 | 14th SP, 21st SD NKVD. |
| Kazakov Viktor Sergeevich | 175 | 68th ICBM, 8th GvMK. |
| Zvyagintsev Matvey | 175 | Leningrad Front. Died on January 19, 1944. |
| Konovalov T. | 170 | |
| Brezgin Ivan Stepanovich | 170 | |
| Kilya Zakhar | 170 | 182nd SD, 27th Army. |
| Borisov Gury | 170 | 234-SD |
| Students? ? | 170 | By November 1942. In the battles for Stalingrad. |
| Gorbatenko Nikolay | at least 168 | Karelian Front. |
| Slipko Peter | 167 | By July 1943. 1133rd SP, 339th SD, 56th Army. |
| Akimov A. | 166 | By May 1943. 266th SD. |
| Gostyukhin Andrey | 164 | Leningrad Front. |
| Khuzhmatov Khait | 164 | By December 1942. |
| Yakunin Stepan | 164 | By June 1943. 311th Infantry Regiment |
| Lepsky Nikolai Petrovich | 162 | 106th Border Regiment of the NKVD. |
| Samsonov Nikolay | at least 162 | 353rd SD, 18th Army. |
| Murai Grigory Efimovich | 159 | 508th SP, 174th SD. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Proshagin Vasily Alekseevich | 156 | 92nd SD, Leningrad Front. |
| Bondarenko Timofey | ||
| (or – Trofim) Gerasimovich | no less than 156 | By June 1944. 3rd Shock Army. |
| Kalinin Alexander Andreevich | 155 (or 115) | GSS dated February 6, 1942. |
| Chechikov Dmitry Iosifovich | no less than 154 | By April 1943. 34th SD, 28th Army, Southern Front. |
| Kuritsyn? ? | At least 153 | 55th Army, Leningrad Front |
| Savchenko Grigory P. | more than 150 | 1st Shock Army, North-Western Front. |
| Kurbanov Alexey Abdurakhmanovich | more than 150 | 282nd GvSP, 92nd GvSD. GSS dated February 22, 1944. |
| Sofronov Pyotr Nikolaevich | 150 | 801st SP. |
| Biryukov? ? | not less than 150 | 91st Border Regiment. |
| Vazherkin Ivan Vasilievich | 148 | GSS dated January 15, 1944. |
| Belyakov Pyotr Alekseevich | 147 | |
| Tishchenko I. | 145 | By October 1943. 32nd Army, Karelian Front. |
| Merkulov Ivan Petrovich | 145 | GSS dated March 19, 1944. |
| Izegov Ivan Romanovich | 144 | until June 1942 60th rifle regiment |
| Kopylov Mikhail | 144 | By the end of the summer of 1942. 158th SD. |
| Maksimov? ? | at least 142 | 44th GvSP, 15th GvSD. |
| Trusov Alexey Ivanovich | 141 | 108th Border Regiment of the NKVD. |
| Gannochka Mikhail G. | 138 | |
| Ostudin Nikolay Nikolaevich | 137 | 296th SP, 13th SD. |
| Romanov? ? | 135 | By the spring of 1943. |
| Vezhlivtsev Ivan Dmitrievich | 134 | GSS dated February 6, 1942. |
| Loginov? ? | 133 | 81st GvSP, 25th GvSD, |
| Voronezh Front. | ||
| Kalimbet Sergey Pavlovich | 131 | 33rd SME of the NKVD Troops. |
| Chkhediani Pavel Erastovich | 131 | 1080th SP. |
| Aliev Said Davydovich | not less than 130 | 10th Guards Infantry Division. GSS dated February 22, 1943. |
| Klimovsky? ? | 130 | By October 1943. 32nd Army, Karelian Front. |
| Dmitrenko Vladimir Nesterovich | not less than 130 | 8th Guards Brigade. |
| Gaponov Grigory Semenovich | 130 | GSS dated March 24, 1945. |
| Mironov Alexey Afanasyevich | 129 | Died on March 30, 1945. GSS dated May 5, 1990. |
| Pereberin Boris | 128 | |
| Osmanaliev Ashirali | 128 | 8th Guards Infantry Division |
| Vengerov I. P. | 128 | 309th SD, Voronezh Front. |
| Savelyev V. G. | 127 | Leningrad Front. |
| Vyuzhin Georgy | no less than 127 | 143rd SP, Leningrad Front. |
| Osipov V.I. | 127 | Resident of the mountains Rybinsk. |
| Voznov Nikolay M. | 126 | By October 1942. 1st Shock Army, North-Western Front. |
| Minchenkov Mikhey Mitrofanovich | 125 | 184th SD. |
| Timofeev? ? | 125 | 7th BMP, Leningrad Front. |
| Ukhov Fedor | 125 | Volkhov Front. |
| Smolyachkov Feodosius Artemovich | 125 | Died on January 15, 1942. GSS dated February 6, 1942. |
| Zhambora Sh. | 125 | 10th Guards Infantry Division. |
| Zalesskikh Nikolay | 125 | Leningrad Front. |
| Koleynikov I. P. | 125 | 13th joint venture of the NKVD troops. |
| Rakhmatulin Zagid Kalievich | 125 | 14th KSP NKVD, 21st SD. |
| Lapa Yakov | at least 124 | |
| Denisenko Ivan Anastasevich | at least 124 | 187th SP, 72nd SD, 55th Army. |
| Seliverstov Ivan Timofeevich | 124 | By June 10, 1942. 128th SD, 8th Army, Leningrad Front. |
| News Sedashkin Alexander Nikolaevich | 123 | By June 10, 1942. |
| Gulyaev Dmitry Alekseevich | 122 | 110th SD, 33rd Army. Died on September 10, 1943. |
| Shelomintsev S. ? | 120 | 32nd Army, Karelian Front. |
| Zhuchenko E. | 120 | By May 1943. 266th SD |
| Ivanov Leonid Vasilievich | 119 | |
| News Tsuzhba Mikhail Sharipovich | 119 | By August 1942. 187th SP, 72nd SD, 42nd Army. |
| Tarasenko? ? | at least 118 | By the beginning of 1942. Leningrad Front. |
| Kazankin R. T. | at least 118 | |
| Isakov Grigory Mikhailovich | at least 118 | Killed near Leningrad |
| Morozov? ? | 117 | 10th Guards Infantry Division. |
| Loskutov Stepan Petrovich | 117 | GSS dated February 6, 1942. |
| Grebenyuk? ? | at least 116 | |
| Dorokhin Peter | at least 116 | 687th SP, 141st SD. 40th Army. Voronezh Front. |
| Fedorov Georgy Konstantinovich | 116 | |
| Rose Janis Janovich | 116 | 123rd GvSP, 43rd GvSD, 10th Army. |
| Dough? ? | at least 114 | |
| Adilov Teshaboy | 114 | 65th SP, 43rd SD, 55th Army. |
| Kochegarov Alexey Fedorovich | 113 | By June 14, 1942. 128th SD, 8th Army, Leningrad Front. |
| Shevelev Alexander Evstafievich | 113 | By March 1942. 311th SD. |
| Karasev? ? | at least 112 | |
| Proskurin Vasily | 112 | 417th SD. |
| Klochkin Ilya Gershevich | at least 111 | 101st SP, 4th SD. |
| Savitsky P. | 111 | By May 1943. 266th SD |
| Fedorov Ignat | not less than 110 | 177th SD. |
| Mironov Vasily | 110 | 35th GvSP, 10th GvSD, 14th Army. |
| Seferbekov Abdulla | 110 | Died on March 5, 1943. |
| Grunin? ? | no less than 109 | |
| Kuchmenko Grigory Imkhonovich | no less than 109 | In the battles on Malaya Zemlya. |
| Voitenko? ? | no less than 108 | |
| Bugay Ivan Pavlovich | 107 | By December 1943. 610th SP, 203rd SD. |
| Kuksenok Vladimir | 106 | |
| Abbasov Balaoglan | 106 | Died on November 19, 1942. |
| Nishchev Joseph Ilyich | 106 | CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Yudin? ? | not less than 105 | 961st SP, 274th SD, 36th SK. |
| Yakovlev Fedor Vasilievich | 105 | |
| Kiselev Ivan Alekseevich | 105 | Border troops of the NKVD. |
| Andersen? ? | 105 | By June 1943. 1st Shock Army, North-Western Front. |
| Sanzheev Togon | 104 | Died in June 1942. |
| Midov Nazir | 104 | 35th GvSP, 10th GvSD, 14th Army. |
| Shubin Alexey Alexandrovich | 102 | 14th SP NKVD, 21st SD. Died on January 31, 1942. |
| Neskuba Ivan Sidorovich | 101 | Border troops of the NKVD. |
| Prusov Alexey | 101 | By October 1942. Transcaucasian front. |
| Zhumagulov Akhmet | at least 101 | By the summer of 1943. 8th Guards Infantry Division, 3rd Shock Army. |
| Gromov Nikolay | more than 100 | Died in November 1942. |
| Sheltenov Zamit | more than 100 | |
| Koyshibaev Galim | more than 100 | 1280th SP, 391st SD, 1st Shock Army. |
| Pilyushin Iosif Iosifovich | more than 100 | 105th SP; 14th SP 21st SD NKVD; 602nd SP 109th SD NKVD. |
| Vasiliev Vasily Ivanovich | more than 100 | Possibly – Sergei Vasiliev. 7th BMP Black Sea Fleet. |
| Inashvili Dursun | more than 100 | Died in December 1942. |
| Boltyrev Alexey Alekseevich | more than 100 | |
| Boltyrev G. B. | more than 100 | |
| Melnikov? ? | more than 100 | Perhaps this is A.I. Melnikov. |
| Syzdykbekov Akmukan | more than 100 | 55th Army, Leningrad Front. |
| Kostin Alexander, | ||
| Kravtsov Mikhail | more than 100 | 220th Infantry Division. |
| Abdulaev, Kurashvili, Zhadov, | ||
| Vinogradov, Tsaritsyn, Lisin, | ||
| Zaitsev, Khasanov, Latokin. | more than 100 | 182nd SD, 27th and 34th armies. |
| Esirkeev Juman | more than 100 | CBS 3rd degree. |
| Rusakov Alexey | more than 100 | CBS 3rd degree. |
| Sumchenko Grigory Tikhonovich | not less than 100 | In the battles on Malaya Zemlya. |
| Popov? ? | not less than 100 | 296th SP, 13th SD. |
| Smirnov? ? | not less than 100 | 296th SP, 13th SD. |
| Tonkikh F.I. | not less than 100 | By October 1943. 32nd Army, Karelian Front. |
| Spirin Mikhail? | not less than 100 | 110th SD, 33rd Army. |
| Saltykov Ivan Ivanovich | not less than 100 | 296th SP, 13th SD. |
| Vdovichenko? ? | not less than 100 | 296th SP, 13th SD. |
| Kharlamov? ? | not less than 100 | 296th SP, 13th SD. |
| Rat Mikhail. | 100 | 353rd SD, 18th Army |
| Yudin N. | 100 | 18th Army |
| Rajapov Tajibay | about 100 | 127th Border Regiment of the NKVD. |
| Bondarenko Pyotr Emelyanovich | about 100 | By March 1942. 502nd SP, 177th SD. |
| Eraliev Akhmet | about 100 | 395th SD |
| Rumyantsev? ? | at least 98 | 210th GvSP, 71st GvSD. |
| Dergilev Egor Ivanovich | 98 | GSS dated October 17, 1943. |
| Musaev Abdulla | 98 | 515th SP, 134th SD. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Mitrofanov? ? | 98 | 159th SD, 45th SK, 5th Army, 3rd Belorussian Front. |
| Gagin Alexey Ivanovich | 97 | |
| Yudin K. N. | at least 94 | 687th SP, 141st SD, 40th Army, Voronezh Front. |
| Morozov Mikhail | 94 | 417th SD. |
| Karpachev Semyon Ermolaevich | at least 93 | In the battles on Malaya Zemlya. |
| Avramenko G. T. | at least 92 | |
| Chebotarev I. | 92 | By May 1943. 266th SD. |
| Barbeyev? ? | at least 92 | |
| Vezberdev? ? | 90 | By October 1942. 83rd Guards Infantry Division. |
| Esirkeev Juman | at least 90 (including 12 snipers) | 5th Army. |
| Sumarokov Boris | at least 89 | Leningrad Front. |
| Kazaryan Sergo Avedovich | 89 | 14th SP, 21st SD NKVD. |
| Shvets Sidor Ivanovich | 89 | 13th joint venture of the NKVD troops. |
| Petrashin Georgy Ivanovich | 89 | 103rd Border Regiment of the NKVD. |
| Zhulaev Ivan Ivanovich | 88 ( 108 ? ) | 1st GvSP, 2nd GvSD. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Vdovchenko Grigory Gavrilovich | 87 | By February 1942 |
| 296-SP, 13th SD. | ||
| Krivokon Fedor Ivanovich | 86 | Including 14 Japanese. |
| Rozhkov? ? | not less than 85 | Sergeant of the 1298th SP. |
| Boltarev German Isaakovich | not less than 85 | 382nd SP, 84th SD. |
| Suchkov Nikolay D. | 85 | 25th Chapaevskaya SD. |
| Muchaev? ? | 83 | 10th Guards Infantry Division. |
| Cheremisov V. | 83 | By May 1943. 266th SD. |
| Akhmedyanov Akhat – Abdul Khakovich | 83 | By October 1942. 260th SP, 168th SD... |
| Budylin Ivan Fedorovich | 82 | By December 1943. 610th SP, 203rd SD. |
| Polyakov? ? | 82 | 25th Guards Infantry Division, Voronezh Front. |
| Egorov Mikhail Ivanovich | 82 | By January 18, 1942, 125th SD. |
| Petrov? ? | 82 | 3rd OBMA KBF. |
| Yablonsky Nikolai Stanislavovich | 82 | 106th Border Regiment of the NKVD. |
| Ishmatov Gaumzin | at least 81 | 50th SD. |
| Khalin Andrey Timofeevich | at least 81 | In the battles on Malaya Zemlya. |
| Shaposhnikov Ivan | 81 | 417th SD. |
| Losev? ? | 81 | 10th Guards Infantry Division. |
| Slobodyanyuk Alexey Mikhailovich | 81 | 104th Border Regiment of the NKVD. |
| Minchenkov Mikhey Mitrofanovich | more than 80 | CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Petrunin Dmitry Sergeevich | more than 80 | 83rd Border Regiment of the NKVD. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Popov Timofey Lavrentievich | not less than 80 | 309th SD, Voronezh Front. Died in 1944. |
| Yusov? ? | at least 79 | |
| Moldagulova Aliya Nurmukhambetovna | (54th brigade) died 01/14/1944 | |
| Zaitsev? ? | 78 | 25th Guards Infantry Division, Voronezh Front. |
| Burmistrov Ivan Ivanovich | 78 | 1247th SP, 135th SD, 59th Army. Died 09/30/1943 |
| Dvoyashkin? ? | 78 | 1047th SP, 284th SD |
| Shikunov Pavel Egorovich | 78 | Died on January 14, 1945. |
| GSS dated March 24, 1945. | ||
| Prokhorov Nikolay Vasilievich | 77 | 1291st SP, 110th SD, 33rd Army. |
| Evstyugin (Evsyukov)? ? | 77 | By the autumn of 1942. 1st Shock Army. North-Western Front. |
| Denisenko Pavel Ivanovich | 76 | by November 1942. |
| Yakushin Fedor Mitrofanovich | 76 | 103rd Border Regiment of the NKVD. |
| Khatimov? ? | 76 | By October 1943. 32nd Army, Karelian Front. |
| Khismatulin? ? | not less than 75 | |
| Khantadze Ermolai Nesterovich | not less than 75 | In the battles on Malaya Zemlya. |
| Bogatyr Ivan Ivanovich | not less than 75 | GSS dated June 20, 1942. |
| Semakhin Pyotr Filatovich | not less than 75 | 998th SP (286th SD), 105th PP NKVD. |
| Zolkin Ivan Andreevich | not less than 75 | 1266th SP, 385th SD. |
| Nosov Nikolay | 75 | |
| Budaev Dondok | 75 | 188th SD, 27th Army. |
| Hastitulin? ? | 75 | 10th Guards Infantry Division. |
| Ivkov Alexander Vasilievich | at least 73 | GSS dated March 24, 1945. |
| Ivashenkov Alexey Petrovich | 73 | 134th SD. |
| Sabaev? ? | 73 | By December 1942. |
| Tyulkin? ? | 72 | 25th Guards Infantry Division, Voronezh Front. |
| Belousov P.I. | 71 | 12th Red Banner BMP. |
| Kotlyarov I. | 71 | By May 1943. 266th SD. |
| Zhukov Pyotr Yakovlevich | 71 | By November 1942. |
| Statuev Alexander Mikhailovich | 71 | By June 10, 1942. 374th SP, 128th SD, 8th Army, Leningrad Front. |
| Menagarishvili Grigory Esifovich | more than 70 | 83rd Marine Brigade. Died in February 1943. |
| Vorontsov N. | more than 70 | 328th SD (31st GvSD). |
| Sidorov? ? | not less than 70 | In the battles for Stalingrad. |
| Dubrovin A. I. | 70 | 3rd Shock Army. |
| Mamedov I. M. | 70 | 1st Shock Army, North-Western Front. |
| Sherstyuk Fedor Semyonovich | at least 68 | 44th GvSP, 15th GvSD. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Ryzhok? ? | 68 | By May 1943. 266th SD. |
| Khalikov? ? | 67 | By the spring of 1943. |
| Khudobin Viktor Ivanovich | 67 | 148th GvSP, 50th GvSD. |
| Adrov Alexey V. | at least 66 | By July 7, 1943. Died in March 1944. |
| Shiryaev? ? | 66 | 33rd SME of the NKVD Troops. |
| Salbiev V. G. | not less than 65 | 71st Guards Infantry Division. |
| Khromov Pavel | not less than 65 | Died in June 1943. |
| Maltsev? ? | not less than 65 | In 1943. |
| Zhakeev Malgazhdar | not less than 65 | 1138th SP, 338th SD. Died on March 8, 1943. |
| Myreev Egor Ivanovich | 65 | Died in 1942. 213th SP, 56th SD. |
| Afanasiev? ? | 64 | 110th SD, 33rd Army. |
| Vasiliev Nikolay Pavlovich | 64 | 104th Border Regiment of the NKVD. |
| Kokshibaev Galim | 64 | By October 1942, |
| including hand-to-hand combat. | ||
| Frolov Alexander Ivanovich | at least 63 | |
| Radin I. I. | at least 63 | 71st Guards Infantry Division. |
| Lyakin I. I. | at least 63 | 71st Guards Infantry Division. |
| Blades? ? | 63 | By May 1943. 266th SD. |
| Bespalov I. M. | at least 62 | 687th SP, 141st SD, 40th Army. Voronezh Front. |
| Savchenko Mikhail Fedorovich | 62 | 194th SP, 162nd SD. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Kashurny S.P. | at least 61 | 687th SP, 141st SD. 40th Army, Voronezh Front. |
| Ivanov Alexander | at least 61 | |
| Chebotarev Vasily Mikhailovich | more than 60 | Died on June 27, 1944. GSS dated June 29, 1945. |
| Pospelov Vasily Efimovich | more than 60 | 16 joint ventures of the NKVD; 1 tank from PTR. |
| Eremeev Timofey | not less than 60 | In the summer of 1941 in the battles for Kyiv. |
| Erzhanov Anorbay | not less than 60 | by the autumn of 1942. |
| Novitsky? ? | 60 | By December 1942. |
| Zavyalov? ? | 60 | By October 1943. 32nd Army, Karelian Front. |
| Sobyanin Gabriel Epifanovich | about 60 | 201st SP, 48th SD. Died on December 23, 1944. GSS dated June 29, 1945. |
| Kopshibaev Galim | about 60 | By October 1942. 1st Shock Army, North-Western Front. |
| Sergienkov Dmitry Grigorievich | about 60 | GSS dated June 27, 1945. |
| Kunakbaev I. A. | 59 | 12th Red Banner BMP. |
| Etkeev? ? | at least 58 | |
| Dzhababarov? ? | at least 58 | |
| Miglabilashvili? ? | at least 58 | 83rd Red Banner BMP. |
| Shaikin? ? | 58 | 1047th SP, 284th SD. |
| Gordeev I. V. | 58 | By November 1942. |
| Poznov Ya. | 58 | By May 1943. 266th SD. |
| News Zibrov Alexey Ivanovich | 58 | By February 3, 1942. 13th SD, 42nd Army, Leningrad Front. |
| Musoev Abdullo | 58 | 1077th SP, 316th SD, 38th Army. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Bayan N.K. | at least 57 | 71st Guards Infantry Division. |
| Levkin Andrey (Ivan?) | 57 | 456th NKVD Regiment, 109th SD. Died near Sevastopol. |
| Gryaznov P. | 57 | |
| Larionov? ? | 57 | By August 1942. 187th SP, 72nd SD, 42nd Army. |
| Bulavsky Pyotr Petrovich | 57 | Died 12/21/1941 |
| 296th SP, 13th SD. | ||
| Zhuravlev Vasily Mikhailovich | at least 56 | In the battles on Malaya Zemlya. |
| Khojaev Shaban | 56 | |
| Nomokonov Vladimir Semenovich | 56 | Son of S. D. Nomokonov. |
| Govzman Tselekh Iosifovich | at least 55 | 93rd SP, 76th SD. |
| Vodopyanov Yankel Iosifovich | at least 55 | 3rd OSB, 16th OSB. |
| Nechaev P. ? | 55 | By October 1943. 32nd Army, Karelian Front. |
| Kalendarov A. | 55 | By May 1943. 266th SD. |
| Isakov Stepan Ivanovich | at least 54 | 105th PP NKVD. |
| Gilman Leonid Fayvelevich | at least 54 | 318th SP, 241st SD. |
| Pavlenko Joseph Dmitrievich | at least 54 | GSS dated January 15, 1944. |
| Kolesnikov Ivan Fedorovich | at least 53 | In the battles on Malaya Zemlya. |
| Larionov Mikhail Kharitonovich | at least 53 | In the battles on Malaya Zemlya. |
| Zakutkin Ivan Vasilievich | 53 | 296-SP, 13th SD. Died on December 21, 1941. |
| Nikolaev? ? | 53 | By August 1942. 187th SP, 72nd SD, 42nd Army. |
| Maksimov Grigory | at least 52 | In the battles on the Kursk Bulge. |
| Denisenko Pyotr Gerasimovich | at least 52 | Leningrad Front |
| Moskovsky Boris Ivanovich | 52 | 1095th SP, 324th SD. |
| News Karpov Ivan Dmitrievich | 52 | By February 1942. 14th SP NKVD, 21st SD. |
| Mashtakov Gabriel Egorovich | 52 | By 02/15/1942. 14th SP NKVD, 21st SD. |
| Strishchenko Viktor Mikhailovich | at least 51 | 105th PP NKVD. |
| Korovkin? ? | at least 51 | 961st SP, 274th SD, 36th SK. |
| Chudinov L. G. | 51 | 12th Red Banner BMP |
| Kulikov? ? | 51 | 1047th SP, 284th SD. |
| Volkov Vsevolod Alekseevich | 51 | By January 27, 1942. 3rd OSPMP. |
| Fomenko Yuri | more than 50 | |
| Rud Stepan | more than 50 | 961st SP, 274th SD, 36th SK. Died in July 1944. |
| Golovachev Grigory Vasilievich | more than 50 | 961st SP, 274th SD, 36th SK. |
| Krasitsky Georgy | more than 50 | For 18 days of fighting at Stalingrad. |
| Dyatlov Peter | more than 50 | 2nd DNO (85th SD). |
| Sharapov P.K. | more than 50 | |
| Sanin Nikolay | more than 50 | 21st Guards Rifle Division, 3rd Shock Army; |
| Kizirov Konstantin Panastovich | more than 50 | 25th Border Regiment. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Fedchenkov Egor Egorovich | more than 50 | 473rd SP, 154th SD. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Solovyov Ivan Alexandrovich | more than 50 | 273rd SP (104th SD), 318-SP (102nd Guards Infantry Division). CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Pronkin Ivan Timofeevich | more than 50 | 255th SP, 123rd SD, Karelian Front. |
| Zaitsev Ivan Grigorievich | more than 50 | 515-SP, 134th SD. CBS of all 3 degrees. |
| Gerasimov? ? | at least 50 | 299th SD. He died in the fall of 1942 near Stalingrad. |
| Utoplennikov Pavel Mitrofanovich | at least 50 | 796th SP, 141st SD, 40th Army, Voronezh Front. |
| Nusupbaev Abil | at least 50 | By the autumn of 1942. |
| Petrykin Ivan Semenovich | 50 | 105th Border Regiment of the NKVD For 1943 |
| Zalavsky? ? | about 50 | 39th GvSP. |
Creation of a special school
Perhaps Lyudmila’s experience was the reason why the country’s leadership began to teach girls the art of shooting. Courses were specially formed in which girls were in no way inferior to men. Later, it was decided to reorganize these courses into the Central Women's Sniper Training School. In other countries, only men were snipers. During World War II, girls were not taught this art professionally. And only in the Soviet Union did they comprehend this science and fight on an equal basis with men.
The girls were treated cruelly by their enemies
In addition to the rifle, sapper shovel and binoculars, the women took grenades with them. One was intended for the enemy, and the other for oneself. Everyone knew that German soldiers treated snipers cruelly. In 1944, the Nazis managed to capture domestic sniper Tatyana Baramzina. When our soldiers discovered her, they could recognize her only by her hair and uniform. The enemy soldiers stabbed the body with daggers, cut out the breasts, and gouged out the eyes. They stuck a bayonet into my stomach. In addition, the Nazis shot at the girl point-blank with an anti-tank rifle. Of the 1,885 graduates of the sniper school, about 185 girls could not survive to Victory. They tried to protect them and did not throw them into particularly difficult tasks. But still, the glare of optical sights in the sun often gave away the shooters, who were later found by enemy soldiers.
Only time has changed the attitude towards female shooters
The girls, the best snipers of World War II, whose photos can be seen in this review, experienced terrible things in their time. And when they returned home, they sometimes encountered contempt. Unfortunately, in the rear, a special attitude was formed towards girls. Many unfairly called them field wives. This is where the contemptuous looks that female snipers received came from.
For a long time they did not tell anyone that they were at war. They hid their rewards. And only after 20 years did attitudes towards them begin to change. And it was at this time that the girls began to open up, talking about their many exploits.
Ivan Kulbertinov
Naturally, most of the snipers in civilian life were hunters. But Ivan Kulbertinov was a hereditary reindeer herder, which was rare among soldiers. A Yakut by nationality, he was considered a professional in shooting and his results surpassed the best Wehrmacht snipers of the Second World War.
Ivan arrived at the front two years after the start of hostilities and almost immediately opened his mortal account. He went through the entire war to the end and almost five hundred fascist soldiers were on his list. It is interesting that the unique shooter never received the title of Hero of the USSR, which was awarded to almost all snipers. Historians claim that he was nominated for the award twice, but for unknown reasons the title never found its hero. After the end of the war, he was given a personalized rifle.
