Tatyana Baramzina
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Tatyana Nikolayevna Baramzina was a Soviet sniper and telephone operator in World War II who was posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on 24 March 1945 for her self-sacrifice
Tatyana Nikolayevna Baramzina
The Central Women's Sniper Training School was a Soviet military school for training female snipers for battle in the Second World War, more commonly referred to as the Great Patriotic War among Sovie
Tatyana Baramzina
…Initially refused entrance into the army, she went on to graduate with honors from a sharpshooting course, leading to her being accepted into the Central Women's Sniper Training School in June 1943. After graduating from the school in March 1944, she was deployed to the Western Front as a sniper in the 252nd Rifle Regiment. Having…
Major Yekaterina Nikiforova speaking to students about to be deployed, 1 April 1943