Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a famous woman sniper who destroyed 309 Germans. He is a Hero of the Soviet Union. In the West, she was nicknamed Colt Woman and Lady Death.
Biography
Lyudmila was born in the city of Bila Tserkva (Kiev region) on July 12, 1916. Her father was an employee, then he became an officer of the NKVD. My mother was of noble origin. Since the 30s, the family began to live in Kiev.
As a child, Lyudmila wanted to become a teacher, after school she entered the university. As a high school student, Luda began working at the factory. She was a turner, and then became a draftswoman.
The youth then tried to get military specialties, and the girl decided to go to the rifle circle. She successfully passed all the standards, then Lyudmila was invited to the sniper school, where she became an excellent student. At the beginning of the war, Pavlichenko was in Odessa. She went through practice, wrote a diploma.
Hearing that the war began, the girl went to the draft board, she was called to the front. But there she was without a rifle, the recruits were not given weapons. Then they gave her the rifle of the dead soldier, in the first battle the girl distinguished herself with well-aimed shots. On the first day of the defense of Odessa, Lyudmila killed 16 Germans in 15 minutes. Pavlichenko later received a sniper rifle.
Then the troops retreated to Sevastopol. Pavlichenko was there for 8 months, participated in the hostilities. In total, she was 1 year old at the front, was injured, shell-shocked, and then she trained snipers. In 1942, Ludmila was given a medal, and in 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
In 1942, Pavlichenko was in America, where she became friends with Eleanor Roosevelt. Lyudmila delivered a speech to the Americans who "hid behind her for too long." Many times Pavlichenko was asked how she managed to kill so many Germans in cold blood. Lyudmila said that in front of her, her good friend died, and she was imbued with hatred of the Nazis.
Later Pavlichenko wrote a book-autobiography, where she said that hatred taught her to shoot accurately. Seen in the war turned the mind of a woman. After the Victory, Lyudmila graduated, became a researcher at the military headquarters, and led social activities. Pavlichenko died in 1974.
