Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper by Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper Author: Lyudmila Pavlichenko Narrator: Emily Durante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 19, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In June 1941, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Lyudmila Pavlichenko left her university studies and ignored the offer of a position as a nurse to become one of Soviet Russia's 2000 female snipers. Less than a year later she had 309 recorded kills, including twenty-nine enemy sniper kills. She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured. She was also regarded as a key heroic figure for the war effort. She spoke at rallies in Canada and the U.S., and the folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote a song, 'Killed By A Gun,' about her exploits. Her U.S. trip included a tour of the White House with FDR. In November 1942 she visited Coventry and accepted donations of £4,516 from Coventry workers to pay for three X-ray units for the Red Army. She also visited a Birmingham factory as part of her fundraising tour. She never returned to combat but trained other snipers. After the war, she finished her education at Kiev University and began a career as a historian. She died on October 10, 1974 at age fifty-eight, and was buried in Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery.