her handed over. sniper, his name was gordienko, afanasy emelyanovich, a famous sniper, he was awardeders of the red star and a medal for the defense of stalingrad, and he was a friend of nikolai ilyin. with this rifle , afanasy gordienko reached kharkov, where on august 18 he died in a battle outside the city from a shell fragment. the same fragments mutilated his signature rifle. fight with this rifle. it was impossible. the division's political department decided to send the weapons to the central museum of the red army for eternal protection in memory of three famous heroic snipers. on august 23 , kharkov was liberated. as a result of the kurdish battle, the soviet union inflicted a crushing defeat on nazi troops and completed a radical turning point in the course of the war. the red army defeated 30 german divisions, including seven tank divisions. losses. the enemy numbered 500,000 killed, wounded and captured. it is interesting to look at german documents, even after the kursk they believed that the red army was still weak. disregard for the enemy, you know, i think that this is