NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Fyodor Okhlopkov

Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov (Russian: Фёдор Матве́евич Охло́пков; (born on March 2, 1908 died on May 28, 1968), was a Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with as many as 429 kills. He was born in the village of Krest-Khaldzhay of what is now Tomponsky Ulus of the Sakha Republic, Russia. is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... CCCP redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic (Russian: ; Sakha: Ð¡Ð°Ñ…Ð° Ð ÐµÑÐ¿ÑƒÐ±Ð»Ð¸ÐºÐ°Ñ‚Ð°) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ...

Okhlopkov was one of the most effective snipers in the Red Army during the Winter War. He was granted the status of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1965 (#10678) as well as an Order of Lenin, after complaints he had been overlooked for the citations due to his ethnicity (he was an ethnic Yakut). In 1974, a commercial cargo ship was named in his honour. Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Kliment Voroshilov Semyon Timoshenko Strength 250,000 men 30 tanks 130 aircraft[1][2] 1,000,000 men 6,541 tanks [3] 3,800 aircraft[4][5] Casualties 26,662 dead 39,886 wounded 1,000 captured[6] 126,875 dead... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Ð“ÐµÑ€Ð¾Ð¹ Ð¡Ð¾Ð²ÐµÑ‚ÑÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð¾ Ð¡Ð¾ÑŽÐ·Ð°, Geroy Sovyetskovo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... The Order of Lenin (Russian: ÐžÑ€Ð´ÐµÐ½ Ð›ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Orden Lenina), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest national order of the Soviet Union. ... Yakuts, self-designation: Sakha, are a Turkic people associated with the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. ...

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Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses, see Sniper (disambiguation). ... Corporal Joseph A. Gregory (Joe) was a Canadian sniper during the Second World War. ... Simo HÃ¤yhÃ¤ During The Winter War Simo HÃ¤yhÃ¤ (December 17, 1905â€“April 1, 2002), nicknamed Belaya Smert (Russian Cyrillic Ð‘ÐµÐ»Ð°Ñ Ð¡Ð¼ÐµÑ€Ñ‚ÑŒ; in English, The White Death; Finnish Valkoinen kuolema) by the Soviet army, was a Finnish soldier, and is widely considered to be the most successful sniper in history. ... Josef Sepp Allerberger was a German sniper in the 3rd Mountain Division on the Eastern Front of the Second World War, and was credited with 257 kills. ... Hetzenauer with K98 Born on December 23rd 1924 in Steiermark, Matthias Hetzenauer was a German sniper serving on the Eastern Front of the Second World War, and was credited with shooting 345 enemies. ... Erwin KÃ¶nig (1885? - October 21, 1941) (also known as Heinz Thorvald) was an apparently apocryphal German major, propagated by the Soviets as the best World War II enemy sniper, with more than 400 kills. ... Friedrich Pein (October 20, 1915â€“February 14, 1975) was a renowned German sniper during the Second World War, and one of two to have been awarded the Ritterkreuz. ... Born on May 14, 1924, in Tannenwalde East Prussia, Bruno Sutkus (Lithuanian: ) was a Lithuanian sniper in the 68th Infantry Division on the Eastern Front of World War II, and was credited with 209 kills. ... Helmut Wirnsberger was a German sniper in the 3rd Mountain Division on the Eastern Front of the Second World War, and was credited with 64 kills. ... Corporal Tatyana Baramzina Corporal Tatyana Nikolayevna Baramzina (also Tanya, Tatiana) (9 December 1919 â€“ 5 July 1944) was a Soviet sniper in the Great Patriotic War. ... Nina Alexeyevna Lobkovskaya was a Russian female who operated as a sniper for the Soviet Red Army during World War II. She was credited with 309 kills during the war, the same as Lyudmila Pavlichenko. ... Lyudmila Pavlichenko. ... Roza Yegorovna Shanina (Russian: , 1924 â€“ January 28, 1945) was a Soviet sniper during World War II. She was responsible for 54 confirmed kills, including 12 enemy soldiers during the Battle of Vilnius. ... Ivan Mikhailovich Sidorenko (Russian: Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ð½ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¡Ð¸Ð´Ð¾Ñ€ÐµÐ½ÐºÐ¾) was the arguably the greatest Soviet sniper during World War II, considered to have shot 526 enemies. ... Mikhail Ilyich Surkov (Russian: ) was the top Soviet sniper according to the number of confirmed eliminated enemies (702). ... Captain Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (Russian: IPA: ) (March 23, 1915â€“December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II, notable particularly for his activities between November 10 and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

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