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Lady Death: The World's Most Deadly Female Sniper (Lyudmila Pavlichenko)

Mar 17, 2024
Ludmila Pavlochenko was a famous and extremely effective Soviet

sniper

who fought on the Eastern Front of World War II, in addition to killing 309 fascists in just over a year of fighting, she also played a crucial role in getting the United States to join the fight against the Nazis. who she fought to protect she would learn to respect and her enemies would fear the legendary

sniper

known to them as Lady Death. This video will cover the life of the deadliest

female

sniper in history and her acts of heroism both on and off the battlefield. some information that will be useful to understand the rest of the video operation barbarossa was the name given to the attack by nazi germany on the soviet union violating the non-aggression pact that the two nations had agreed upon after going through a fascist coup led by ayan antonescu Romania would join World War II as part of the Axis and help Germany invade the USSR.
lady death the world s most deadly female sniper lyudmila pavlichenko
The Order of Lenin was awarded to both members of the military and civilians for exemplary service to the Soviet government and society. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union. It was the highest distinction of the USSR awarded in the form of an identification certificate and a gold star medal. It was awarded along with Lenin's order and was reserved only for those who had achieved the greatest feats in the service of the Soviet Union. the medal site would bring instant admiration and respect semyon budyani was the commander of the moscow military district and former marshal of the soviet union one of the few high-ranking officers to survive the purge he was a famous war hero and one of the five in all of Soviet history to become a hero of the Soviet Union three times Ludmila Mikhailovna Belova was born on July 12, 1916 in Bellaire Cirkov, a village near Kiev, her parents were Mikhail Belav, a veteran of the Civil War, and Elena Balova in 1932.
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She began working in a factory in Kiev at the age of 16. She interrupted her studies. The factory provided its workers with opportunities to attend classes and activities related to arts and sports, and Ludmila decided to dedicate her time to learning how to shoot the first weapon. fire that I would handle would be task 8 a simple and easy task. She produced a vault action rifle from the first shot she fired, her instructor immediately realized she had incredible talent, not long after joining, Ludmilla earned the Voroshilov marksman badge thanks to this program, Ludmila developed a passion for weapons and shooting, however, would continue in school.
lady death the world s most deadly female sniper lyudmila pavlichenko
In 1935, leaving the factory and the filming schedule, around this time she married Alexei Pavlichenko, but the marriage did not last long and the two never met again after 1938. Ludmila's son, Rastislav, would stay with her side of the family. Ludmila Pavluchenko would take up shooting again after the bombing of Guernica, Spain in 1937, fearing that she might need the skills in case of a future fascist threat, this time she joined a rigorous two-year program designed to develop the best snipers. . This is when she would meet the mosin. three line rifle by the end of the course she would know it like the back of her hand being able to assemble and disassemble it with her eyes closed like her previous teacher her new instructor also quickly recognized Pavlochenko's skills and considered her one of his

most

capable students when She graduated from this program in 1939.
lady death the world s most deadly female sniper lyudmila pavlichenko
The Nazis had already begun their conquest of Europe by rapidly occupying entire countries. Pavlochenko, like many other Russians, at the time believed that the Red Army would easily crush the Nazis if such fighting were to occur and continued to attend the university as usual in january 1941 pavlochenko moved to odessa to work as a research assistant in one of the

most

established libraries in ukraine thinking that this would facilitate his path to obtaining a diploma before leaving he said goodbye to his family not knowing that the next time he would see them he would be a soldier was on June 22, 1941 when Pavlochenko's life would change unexpectedly and the day would be etched in his memory for Pavlochenko it was a clear Sunday in Odessa he was eating in a cafe on Pushkin Street with some colleagues when a strange foreign announcement was made germany had invaded the ussr many in the city did not realize the seriousness of the situation no plans were canceled and business continued as usual but reality would soon hit the citizens of the union Soviet Union had just been thrown into the most brutal conflict in human history they tried to enlist the day after the announcement but were rejected the man he spoke to didn't know what a sniper was as it wasn't yet an established role in the military, On top of that, she had a hard time understanding the fact that women could serve in the military as more than just medical personnel.
Undeterred, she returned the next day with a new registrar and joined the other recruits in leaving for the front on June 24, 1941. Pavlochenko had been assigned to the 54th Stephan Raisin Rifle Regiment, part of the 24th shapayev rifle division. she was sworn into the army on June 28. Pavlochenko was disappointed, however, when she was only given one RGD33 hand grenade as a result of a weapons shortage plaguing the entire Soviet Army. Much of the Soviet Army was forced to retreat during the first month of the war, where Pavlochenko's division was able to hold its position on the Prut River, however, in July the 25th Rifle Division as well as the rest of the Soviet forces on the Southern Front would be forced to withdraw by the vastly outnumbered Romanian forces. to the Soviets and had received superior war technology from the Germans during this retreat Pavlachenko would be the first to witness the suffering of innocent, unarmed people, however, there was not much he could do with a single hand grenade at his disposal.
This would change when a comrade beaten and seriously wounded by artillery fire handed him a Mosin Nagant three-line rifle on August 8, 1941, the fascists would get their first taste of private use. pablochenko's noble anger at losing two officers in the occupied romanian village of belyayevka from that moment on pavlochenko's tally would steadily grow day by day, the enemy forces outnumbered the soviet ones six to one, but even though Unfortunately, by repelling the enemy on several occasions, regardless of the skill and determination of soldiers like Ludmilla, the enemy advance would continue primarily by attrition, with the enemy enjoying superiority and almost all factors, except determination, one of these factors was artillery and only 11 days after its debut.
As a sniper, Ludmilla would be hit by an artillery barrage, the wounds she sustained caused her to be sent to a hospital in Odessa on August 30, she would be returned to the front and promoted to the rank of corporal in just one month. and a half after joining the army during this stage of the war, Pavlochenko and two others would sneak up on the enemy using various hiding places and suddenly open fire regularly killing up to 20 soldiers, many of whom were officers, on a day after one Particularly successful mission was promoted to the rank of junior sergeant for his incredible shooting, he was so effective that the commander of the entire 25th rifle division, Ivan Yafimovich Petrov, personally presented him with the new SVT40 rifle engraved with his congratulations on his first 100 fallen invaders, while the two were talking petrov asked if she was ukrainian considering her last name paolo chenko explained that she was russian and that her maiden name was belov petrov recognized the name and quickly discovered that she had fought alongside

lyudmila

's father winning the order of the red flag with him while fighting in the civil war pavlochenko had just made a valuable friendship in the soviet high command and his connection with ivan petrov would prove valuable on many occasions throughout the war not much time had passed since his meeting with petrov When she was promoted to the rank of sergeant, the regiment commander also assigned her to train new snipers and gave her the ability to choose the best soldiers in the regiment or train.
Some soldiers doubted that a woman could teach them how to shoot, but Pavlochenko quickly taught them respect. She, although she trained with themselves, became a grape sniper and would fight alongside her defending and recapturing strategically important villages near Odessa. It was in the villages that she liberated that Pavlochenko had the opportunity to befriend some of the locals through them, he learned about the terrible crimes committed. against them by the occupying Nazis the horrible stories they told him would solidify once and for all his hatred towards the invaders on October 13, 1941 pavlochenko decided to use the svt-40 given to him by major general petrov the svt was a new model and a Despite having clear advantages in some situations, the rifle was complicated and prone to failure when operated in suboptimal conditions, this is what caused the rifle to fail during this particularly fierce battle in the dusty Black Sea Passage in order to repair the rifle.
In the narrow trenches Pavlochenko had to take off her helmet to inspect her weapon and find out what had gone wrong when the mechanisms of the weapon began to give way, a splinter from a mortar explosion hit her in the face, fortunately for her the rifle was not. useful that day because the inscription on her rifle showed that she was an associate of the major general. She was given priority treatment and possibly saved her life. By that time she had almost doubled the number engraved on her rifle after having killed 187 fascists in passing. Through Odessa Pavacenko saw that many things had changed in the three months since the war began, most of the city was now in ruins, the Soviets would withdraw from Odessa to the Crimean peninsula while she recovered and she would stay with the 47th Medical Battalion during On this voyage from the port of Odessa, the 54th Rifle Regiment was transported by the Black Sea Fleet to Sevastopol, facing air raids along the way, it reached Sevastopol and was surprised at how strangely Peaceful the city was, especially compared to the destruction he had witnessed in Odessa.
The people of Crimea were friendly and the soldiers were treated well a week after their arrival, on October 21. Pavlochenko's division defended the northern side of the peninsula from the Germans, but she had not yet been cured and she did not go with them while she was recovering. She was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major by chance, she once again ran into Major General Petrov, who gave her command of a sniper post consisting of 51 soldiers, Sergeant Pavlochenko and his platoon would rejoin their regiment during the brutal fighting in nearby villages occupied by the When the Nazis returned to action, he carefully executed attacks on the Germans that inflicted heavy losses, including many officers.
Pavlichenko once again befriended her and inspired the locals to fight alongside her and some of her even formally joined the Red Army on December 19 while defending Soviet lines from a German armored tank. vehicle Pavlochenko was incapacitated by a projectile that had hit her in the shoulder causing severe bleeding and pinning her under a tree after being found and miraculously rescued by an acquaintance Alex Zakitsenko was taken to a field hospital less than a week later the two They would receive married and despite the bloody war in which he was fighting, he would later say that he was completely happy.
During those days Sergeant Major Pavlochenko had acquired such a reputation that legends began to circulate both among his fellow soldiers and among his enemies, and some maintained that she had supernatural powers, the rumors about her were outlandish, but they certainly existed for a reason: as she accomplished more and more incredible feats, she managed to eliminate an accomplished German sniper-helmeted bommel who had fought in several theaters of war, She killed 215 Allied soldiers and served as a sniper instructor in Berlin. Pavlochenko and her platoon were also specially hired to eliminate a particularly dangerous group of Nazi snipers who repeatedly attacked Soviet forces.
After winning the fight, they managed to take enemy documents, military devices and an important position, all without losing a single single soldier. After these incidents she became famous not only among her comrades at the front but throughout the Soviet Union. On February 2, 1942, the policewoman was invited to speak at a conference alongside other famous

female

figures, many of whom were accomplished soldiers. Like her, this was Pavlochenko's first time attending an event like this and she did not consider herself good at public speaking; However, despite her previous lack of confidence, she was so moved by the previous speakers that she abandoned the notes she had prepared and gave an impassioned speech. speech, it was notOnly Pablochenko who was being recognized for his service, although Soviet soldiers in and around Sevastopol were generally treated as heroes in the cities and towns they defended, the locals let them into their homes and treated them with meals and gifts.
The shoe shiners and laundresses also provided their services for free. Spring had not yet arrived when the police sergeant's husband was killed. The two were talking about childhood memories. When Kitsenko was suddenly hit by splinters from an enemy projectile. There was little hope of survival. recover as he struggled in and out of consciousness over the next few days, he died from his injuries on March 4, 1942 and was buried shortly after Palvachenko was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder a few days later, unfortunately Pavlochenko would have little time to cry, the Germans were gathering their forces in preparation to attack the city directly, they outnumbered the Soviet troops two to one in artillery units almost four to one and one aircraft eight to one, plus the Soviets were low on ammunition, the The Germans would take the entire Kirch peninsula and launch devastating consecutive air raids. attacks giving little respite to the overwhelmed Soviet pilots and the citizens of Sevastopol the weather was scorching reaching 40 degrees Celsius and there were constant fires due to the bombings these problems were only worsened by the drought caused by the destroyed oil pipelines despite their grim situation the defenders Sevastopol was prepared to fight tooth and nail, the SVT-40 was complex and temperamental, so while fighting in the forests and trenches of the Crimea, Pavlochenko relied on the Mosin rifle and used the SVT mainly for events where he did not Actual combat would take place, however, when the Nazis launched another assault on Sevastopol on June 7, 1942, Pavachenko decided that the time had finally come to prepare to repel a horde of enemy infantry.
Pavlochenko devised a new strategy: he would shoot the stomachs of the second row instead of the heads of the first, a shot to the stomach was fatal but not instantaneous, causing the soldiers to ride and scream in pain, this would disturb the soldiers around them and lower morale From the enemy, although Pavlochenko managed to stop the German advance in his position, the Germans broke through the Soviet defenses two kilometers away. and entered the city, a large portion of the Soviet forces were destroyed while ammunition and food became even more desperately scarce. Pavlochenko knew that the enemy was destined to capture the city but, nevertheless, the defeated and bandaged Soviet forces vowed to fight with no less determination than when the war had just begun and a few days later Pavlichenko was attacked again by artillery and seriously injured.
The wounded man was transported along with the other wounded soldiers to Novorosisk. Palochenko had managed to hold off the Nazis for a full 250 days, but Sevastopol finally fell to the enemy. While Pavlochenko's division was recaptured, Shapayev's 25th division was destroyed and all its Friends had perished when Sevastopol was captured Pavlochenko would encounter Ivan Petrov once again in Novorossiysk, to the major general's surprise, she asked to be returned to combat when asked why she was so eager to fight she responded: I haven't yet. Revenged on the Nazis for the

death

of my army friends for the

death

of totally innocent peaceful residents, the Nazis must be punished for what they have committed on their land, however, despite it.
Heroic enthusiasm Pavlochenko would not again see the action as a recognition of his bravery and service, Major General Petrov recommended Pavlochenko to Marshal Semyon Budyani for promotion to the rank of junior lieutenant, even the famous war hero Bhujani was impressed by the Pavlochenko's account of 309 fascists and she given the promotion she desired and also received the order of Lenin, Junior Lieutenant Pavlochenko was now the commander of a sniper platoon in the 32nd Guards Parachute Division which, despite the word parachute in the name, it was currently just a division for the red army's best infantry. Due to a lack of aircraft, Pavlochenko was transferred to Moscow, where the division was located along with Major Petrov, who was flying there to report to Stalin after speaking at a meeting of the Kamsama Central Committee in Moscow, the committee's first secretary.
Comsaw Headquarters Nikolai Mikhailov noted that Pavlochenko had talent as a public speaker. Despite this, Pavlochenko did not use her speaking skills much as she continued to live in Moscow, choosing not to interact with people other than attending meetings and training snipers. She avoided socializing and skipped regular social events, silently mourning her husband, she was also needed for propaganda purposes and was interviewed by many journalists, some of whom published both fiction and fact. On August 3, 1942, Pavlochenko's life would take another turn. Twist United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt invited the Soviet Union to send three delegates to speak in the US to convince the United States to help allies in Europe, Pavlichenko did not know she had been chosen until only two days before her trip to the US began, she and the other chosen ones were briefed by Joseph Stalin himself and then put in place.
On a long series of flights to the United States, almost immediately after arriving in the United States, she met the first

lady

, Eleanor Roosevelt, over an American breakfast as they met for the first time. The first

lady

seemed to Pavlochenko a little rude and ignorant. The first conference of delegation no. go well after the three gave their speeches the american journalists largely ignored what they had just said and sent pavlochenko a barrage of insulting questions, in return they received contemptuous responses after the smear fight, eleanor roosevelt offered to taking pavlochenko out to dinner, seeming to have forgotten their previous interaction, pavlochenko accepted his invitation and would consequently witness him driving vin diesel style, perhaps life-threatening situations would bring people together because as the soviet representatives attended More public functions, Palochenko became close friends with the first lady and would run into FDR several times.
Furthermore, his new friend Pavlochenko still wanted to return to the USSR and fight, but the Soviet delegation's task was extended and they would continue to raise awareness of their fight in the US. Pavlochenko traveled with the first lady throughout the country and it is safe . assume that she played a major role in changing American public opinion, she gave powerful speeches with an uncanny ability to generate unforgettable quotes, one of which came from a particularly fascinating speech in Chicago, gentlemen, I'm 25 years old, I'm on the front lines and I have annihilated. 309 Nazi soldiers and officers, gentlemen, don't you think, gentlemen, that you have been hiding for too long behind my back?
Those words had a tremendous impact and were published throughout the country. Finally, Ludmilla finished her work in the US and departed the states with lavish gifts from the first lady. She briefly visited Canada and was flown to the UK. There she and her fellow soldiers were greeted with an impressive military welcome as she began. At the press conference Pavlochenko was not asked any insulting questions and the British journalists behaved quite well. Pavlochenko and his comrades visited representatives of the British armed forces and demonstrated British military technology to them. The three met Churchill and his wife with Pavlochenko discussing his history with the Soviet medical battalions.
Pavlochenko was never a fan of Churchill and this fact did not change afterwards. Their meeting finally on January 5, 1943 the Soviet delegation would return to Moscow the Soviet authorities were particularly satisfied with Pavlochenko's performance and perhaps because of this Pavlochenko would not return to combat as he expected to be given a promotion and the Placed in the red army high command reserve at this point the citizens of the soviet union had become somewhat familiar with how stalin carried out arrests of people under suspicion, so you can imagine what lieutenant pablochenko and her team were thinking. mother Elena Belova when the NKVD knocked on her door.
In fact, one night Pavlochenko's mother was so overcome with fear of her that her hands were shaking with worry. Luckily for Pavlochenko, she was headed to the Kremlin instead of prison. Stalin had summoned her to report the results of her mission to the United States and she was to report back. to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief about the leaders she had met and her own military service. Although at first she was extremely nervous when talking to Uncle Joseph about her, she eventually cheered up and asked to fight again. before the leader of the USSR himself. Stalin, confused, asked why she would want to return to the front after being seriously wounded several times and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Lieutenant Pavlichenko responded that there have been many casualties in this war, but someone has to fight. I want to return to my comrades in arms. This answer seemed to make a good impression on Stalin, but he had to deny the wish. Pavlochenko was needed to pass on her invaluable knowledge to other snipers beginning in August 1943. Pavlochenko was trained in the vistral course, an intense program for training officers after her graduation. On October 25, 1943 he received the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his combat exploits early in his career and would remain at the institution to teach there in January 1944, when absolute victory for the Soviet Union became increasingly Safer.
He traveled to his hometown of kyiv to finish his studies and would return to his son and mother in Moscow when the war ended in May 1945. Paolochenko continued his service in the army as a research assistant in the navy until he retired in 1958. As a result of old physical and mental wounds that worsened over time after leaving the army, she was elected a member of the Brazilian office of the Soviet committee for war veterans and continued to be an important figure testing new military technology and was invited to sessions of training. He participated in the development of the SVD rifle along with Vladimir Chelinsev, who is also one of three members of the Soviet delegation that was sent to the US, and Vasily Zaitsev, another legendary sniper credited with killing 225 nazis in the three-month period for which the draganov rifle was selected. service in 1962 and for their participation each of the veterans would receive a unique combat pistol built exclusively for them Pavlochenko also served as a model for Soviet youth being invited to appear and speak at many events Lidmila Pavlichenko often visited the city of Sevastopol see a flower once again and remember her lost husband and her comrades who defended the city and her country so many years ago Ludmila Pavlichenko would die on October 10, 1974 at the age of 58 as a result of a stroke in which Pavlotenko is buried nova device cemetery in moscow an honor shared with nikita khrushchev anton chekhov boris yeltsin and mrslav rashtropovich ludmila

pavlichenko

will forever be remembered not only as a soldier of immeasurable skill but also as a hero who did his part to stop fascism and served to not only her country but the

world

with a degree of honor and courage uncommon even among history's greatest heroes, a legend and an icon, she was certainly a notable figure, as you can probably tell by the timestamp in this video and my horrendous loading calendar, if you can.
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