Pavlichenko attained a final kill tally of 309, making her one of the top five deadliest snipers, period. M arch is Women’s ...

With 309 confirmed kills, and 200 more unconfirmed, Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916-1974) was probably the deadliest woman sniper in history. But before she was a sniper, she had been educated as an ...

In early 1941, Lyudmila Pavlichenko was studying history at Kiev University, but within a year, she had become one of the best snipers of all time, credited with 309 confirmed kills, 36 of which ...