User:Kristina Ponamareva

Article Name: Soviet women in World War the second.

June, 22nd is the tragic day that divided the life humanity into two parts: Peace and War. Every person who lived in the Soviet Union had to make the right decision - to fight Fascism and protect our own country, our relatives and close people.

Women of Russia and the Soviet Union played an important role in World Wars, especially during World War II. Women fought also in front lines. Over 800,000 women served in the Soviet armed forces in World War II, mostly as doctors and nurses. 89 of them eventually received the Soviet Union’s highest award, the Hero of the Soviet Union, they served as pilots, snipers, tank crew members and partisans.

Many books were written and many films were shot about the heroism of our Soviet women. One of them is Battle for Sevastopol (ССЫЛКА). It is a 2015 biographical war film about Lyudmila Pavlichenko (ССЫЛКА), a young Soviet woman who joined the Red Army to fight the Nazi invasion of the USSR and became one of the deadliest snipers in World War II. Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army, credited with 309 confirmed kills, making her the most successful female sniper in history.

Due to her high kill count, she was nicknamed "Lady Death". In 1942, Pavlichenko was sent to the United States for a publicity visit. The purpose of this visit was to convince the allies to start a second front against Nazi Germany. She became the first Soviet citizen to be received by a US President, as Roosevelt welcomed her to the White House.

Some time ago in Gvardeysk (ССЫЛКА) the goverment placed a portrait of Rosa Shanina (5) on the wall of one of the houses. She took part in the 3rd Belorussian Front during the Insterburg–Königsberg Operation. She died at the age of 20, which impressed me greatly. Historians have not still found out the exact number of women who died in WW II. This number varies from 800,000 to 1,000,000 people. The heroism of these women is great. People admire their courage and they are grateful to them for their free lives.