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Vasily Zaytsev

Soviet sniper (1915-1991).

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Vasily Zaytsev was a Soviet sniper. Born on 23 March 1915 in Yeleninka, Zaytsev died on 15 December 1991 in Kyiv at the age of 76.

Honours include Order of Lenin, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Order of the Red Banner, among 16 recorded.

With a Wikipedia article in 54 languages, Vasily Zaytsev is No. 7,096 in the People and Position Index.

Born: 23 March 1915, Yeleninka
Died: 15 December 1991, Kyiv (aged 76)
Country: Soviet Union
Known as: Sniper, autobiographer, military personnel
Field: Military
Party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Languages: Russian
Wikipedia editions: 54

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Lived to 76.

23 Mar

Shares a birthday with Akira Kurosawa and Pierre-Simon Laplace.

Has a Wikipedia article in 54 languages.

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Awards

Order of Lenin
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Order of the Red Banner
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Medal "For Courage"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Honorary citizen of Volgograd
Order of the Patriotic War
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"