Shepherd from the foothills of the Urals
Later a
Russian Soldier/Sniper,
Was awarded the countryโs highest honor, the gold star of the Hero of the Soviet Union.
When the war was over he became a professor in Engineering at the
university of Kiev
Wrote a book of his experiences called: Note of a sniper, Wich inspired the movies "
Enemy at the gates" and "War of the rats"
He and a small band of Red Army snipers managed to terminate more than 1200 Nazis - mostly officers, sergeants, machine - gunners and artillery spotters.