an indicative story of nikolai ilin, a famous sniper with some simply fantastic combat record.the middle of the war he had killed several hundred germans. even in the forty-fifth year, very few were able to match him in combat effectiveness. hero of the soviet union. ilyin received the title of hero in february 1943 after the battle of stalingrad. by that time the score was a sniper. in open battle he destroyed 35 fascists, but he himself was killed, years later the division department established a new rifle, now named after two sniper heroes, angrukhaev and ilyin. it was handed to a sniper, his name was gardienko, afanasy emelyanovich, a famous sniper, he was awarded two orders 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. died in a battle for the city from a shell fragment, the same fragments mutilated his personal rifle. it was no longer possible to fight with this rifle. political department division decided to send the weapons to the central museum of

infantryman, or there are two, three, maybe like, and he goes into battle, an indicative story of nikolai ilinrenowned sniper with a simply fantastic combat record, by the middle of the war he had exterminated several hundred germans. even in the forty-fifth year, very few people could match him in combat effectiveness, the hero of the soviet union. ilyin received the title of hero in february 1943. battle for stalingrad. by that time, the sniper’s count already numbered 216 germans. the fifteenth guards division, in which nikolai ilyin fought, advanced with battles to the outskirts of belgorod. there was an order to go on the offensive. another battle broke out near the village yastorebova. ilyin took command of the platoon himself. forward to the attack. such a person, it’s not like he’s a platoon there. could raise both a company and battalions to attack. in open battle, he destroyed 35 fascists, but he himself was killed by machine gun fire. the next day belgorod was liberated. lyin was forever included in the list of the unit in the sixty-fourth. he was awarded two orders of the red star