Nina Lobkovskaya

Nina Alexeyevna Lobkovskaya
Native name
Ни́на Алексе́евна Лобко́вская
Born(1924-03-08)8 March 1924
Fyodorovka, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakh ASSR, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union
Service / branchRed Army
Years of service1942–1945
RankLieutenant
Unit3rd Shock Army
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner

Nina Alexeyevna Lobkovskaya (Russian: Нина Алексеевна Лобковская; born 8 March 1924) was a female sniper in the Red Army during World War II. She attained the rank of lieutenant and commanded a separate women’s sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army during World War II. She was wounded twice and killed 89 people during the war.[1]

  1. ^ Pyatkov, Vasily (1976). Третья ударная: боевой путь 3-й ударной армии (in Russian). Voenizdat.