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The wartime memoir of Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a remarkable document: the publication of an English language edition is a significant coup. Pavlichenko was World War II's best scoring sniper and had a varied wartime career that included trips to England and America. In June 1941, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, she left her university studies, ignored the offer of a position as a nurse, to become one of Soviet Russia's 2000 female snipers. Less than a year later she had 309 recorded kills, including 29 enemy sniper kills. She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured. She was also regarded as a key heroic figure for the war effort. She spoke at rallies in Canada and the US and the folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote a song, 'Killed By A Gun' about her exploits. Her US trip included a tour of the White House with FDR. In November 1942 she visited Coventry and accepted donations of 4,516 from Coventry workers to pay for three X-ray units for the Red Army. She also visited a Birmingham factory as part of her fundraising tour. She never returned to combat but trained other snipers. After the war, she finished her education at Kiev University and began a career as a histo

Who reads Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper (Greenhill Sniper Library)?

Author

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Publisher

Greenhill Book Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC [Distributor

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781784382704

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.5 / 5 (392 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14