Vasily Zaytsev

Sniper

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Gender	Male
Death	33 years ago
Date of birth	March 23,1915
Zodiac sign	Aries
Born	Yeleninka
	Russia
Date of died	December 15,1991
Died	Kiev
	Ukraine
Full name	Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev
Battles and wars	World War II
	Eastern
Spouse	Zinaida Zaitseva
Job	Sniper
Books	Notes of a Russian Sniper: Vassili Zaitsev and the Battle of Stalingrad
	Notes of a Sniper: Vassili Zaitsev's Account of the Battle of Stalingrad
Date of Reg.	2019-03-01 23:23:56
Date of Upd.	2023-04-07 18:33:11
ID	479905

Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Patriotic War
Medal For Courage
Medal For the Defence of Stalingrad
Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Jubilee Medal In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Jubilee Medal Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Jubilee Medal Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Jubilee Medal 30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy
Jubilee Medal Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Jubilee Medal 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Jubilee Medal 40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Jubilee Medal 70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Jubilee Medal 60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR

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Vasily Zaytsev Life story

Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. Prior to 10 November 1942, he killed 32 Axis soldiers with a standard-issue rifle. Between 10 November 1942 and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, he killed 225 enemy soldiers, including 11 snipers.