[tom kelly]

During WWII The Russian Red Army employed "woman" as sniper's against the Germans engaged in the battle for Odessa,and other engagements along the Eastern Front, Russian woman sniper's were effective in the 6 month long battle against the Germans at Sevastopol, One woman using a Russian Mosin-Nagant with a PU scope was credited with 309 kills. Of the 2,000 Russian woman sniper's only 500 survived the war, she was one of the survivors who visited the USA met President Roosevelt toured Canada and England. She returned to Russia studied and taught History until her death at age 58 in 1974.