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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1924-04-03 ) 3 April 1924, Edma , Velsky Uyezd , Vologda Governorate , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Died
- 28 January 1945 (1945-01-28) (aged 20), Near Reichau , East Prussia , Germany
- Buried
- Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast , Russia
- Allegiance
- USSR
- Branch
- Red Army
- Service years
- 1942–1945
- Rank
- Senior sergeant
- Unit
- 184th Rifle Division ( 3rd Belorussian Front )
- Commands
- 1st Sniper Platoon (184th Rifle Division)
- Conflicts
- World War II Eastern Front Battle of Vilnius East Prussian Offensive ( Died of wounds</span>"}]]}'>DOW )
- Awards
- Orders of Glory , 3rd and 2nd Class Medal for Courage
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Edma
- Place of death
- Cherepanovo
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- Central Women's Sniper Training School
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- World War II
- Eye colour
- blue
- Conflict
- Operation Bagration
- Military branch
- infantry
- Military rank
- sergeant major
- Image
- Снайпер Роза Егоровна Шанина.jpg
- Work location
- Soviet Union
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- Commons category
- Roza Shanina
- date of birth
- 1924-01-01
- date of death
- 1945-01-01
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- place of burial
- Znamensk
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
- military unit
- 5th Guards Combined Arms Army
- name in native language
- Роза Егоровна Шанина
- number of victims of killer
- 54
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Encyclopedic overview
Roza Georgiyevna Shanina (Russian: Ро́за Гео́ргиевна Ша́нина, IPA: [ˈrozə ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪɪvnəˈʂanʲɪnə]; 3 April 1924 – 28 January 1945) was a Soviet sniper during World War II who was credited with over 50 kills. Shanina volunteered for the military after the death of her brother in 1941 and chose to be a sniper on the front line. Praised for her shooting accuracy, Shanina was capable of precisely hitting enemy personnel and making doublets (two target hits by two rounds fired in quick succession).
In 1944, a Canadian newspaper described Shanina as "the unseen terror of East Prussia". She became the first servicewoman of the 3rd Belorussian Front to receive the Order of Glory. Shanina was killed in action during the East Prussian Offensive while shielding the severely wounded commander of an artillery unit. Shanina's actions received praise during her lifetime, but conflicted with the Soviet policy of sparing snipers from heavy battles. Shanina kept a war diary that was first published in 1965 and later translated into English.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roza Shanina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.