Vasily Zaytsev

Vasily Zaytsev

Great Patriotic War

• Battle of Stalingrad

Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (Russian: Василий Григорьевич Зайцев; ; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II, notable particularly for his activities between 10 November and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad. He killed 225 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 enemy snipers.

Prior to 10 November, he had already killed 32 Axis soldiers with the standard-issue Mosin–Nagant rifle. Between October 1942 and January 1943, Zaytsev made an estimated 400 kills.