Talk:Mikhail Ilyich Surkov

Propaganda
I wonder why the result Surkov made ​​them for 4 years, is called propaganda? Häyhä killed 500 people (which is not confirmed by Soviet sources) in just 105 days - but that is why no one ever disputed (although it could be).91.122.85.125 (talk) 13:08, 19 April 2012 (UTC)


 * As I understand it, there are not such good records for his activities, but I'm not sure. --Slashme (talk) 15:39, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * There were alot of russian snipers, and information about them is from soviet sources. Why would not to call all of them propaganda? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.154.42 (talk) 04:53, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Warning templates
I removed the notability and citation templates from the page, because it's clear that he was claimed to be the top sniper of the war: true or false, this is notable. As for the references, they're sufficient for a non-BLP article. --Slashme (talk) 06:03, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

A useful search that shows notability (some discussion of appearance in film): https://www.google.com/search?q=%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB+%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1&safe=on --Slashme (talk) 08:19, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Krasnoyarsk
His Krasnoyarsk hunting and tracking origins are also mentioned in "Znamena Pobedi": Here are the two bits of text that Google Books Search gives me from that book: Красноярского края. Среди земляков отец славился хорошим охотником-следопытом. Умел прочесть любой звериный след, ... «Снайпер старшина Михаил Сурков стреляет по врагу уверенно и точно, — писала в дни войны газета «Фронтовая «Снайпер старшина Михаил Сурков стреляет по врагу уверенно и точно, — писала в дни войны газета «Фронтовая иллюстрация». — Раненых у него не бывает — он бьет наповал. Когда счет убитых им фашистов перевалил за 700, на очередную *охоту» --Slashme (talk) 17:37, 18 April 2012 (UTC)