Vladimir Nikolayevich Pchelintsev was a Soviet sniper during World War II.
16 Facts About Vladimir Pchelintsev
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In 1938, Pchelintsev entered the geophysical specialty course of the geological exploration faculty of the Leningrad Mining Institute, which he successfully completed in June 1941.
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On 8 September 1941, advancing motorized mechanized units of the Wehrmacht approached the battalion's positions; on this day, Vladimir Pchelintsev opened his sniper tally by shooting two advancing German soldiers with a sniper rifle.
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Vladimir Pchelintsev spoke about the art of the sniper and concluded:.
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From January 1943 to February 1944, Vladimir Pchelintsev headed a ballistic laboratory research station at a sniper school, and in October, he graduated from the Vystrel course.
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Reliable sources estimate he killed 150 to 154 enemy soldiers and trained 45 new snipers, although Vladimir Pchelintsev claimed in his memoir to have a tally of 456:.
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Vladimir Pchelintsev visited many Western countries that were allied with the Soviet Union in World War II.
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From June 1952 to February 1954, Vladimir Pchelintsev served as senior engineer for airborne radio equipment at the Fighter Aviation Defense Training Center in Volodarsk.
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Vladimir Pchelintsev then became senior engineer for experimental radio technical stations at the headquarters for Soviet Fighter Aviation Defense, where he remained until May 1954, having become an assistant to a permanent member of the country's Scientific and Technical Committee of the Air Force.
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Vladimir Pchelintsev left that post in May 1955 before becoming deputy head of the department for radio and technical service for the Air Force Northern Group of Forces, based in Poland.
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From March 1959 to December 1960, Vladimir Pchelintsev was head of the radio engineering department of the Soviet Air Defense Forces in the headquarters of the Baltic Military District, and from then to 1964, he was head of radio countermeasures department of operational command in the same headquarters.
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In 1970, Vladimir Pchelintsev was sent to Egypt during the War of Attrition as part of a group of officers and generals led by the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Defense Forces, Marshal of the Soviet Union Pavel Batitsky, to organize the air defense of Egypt.
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Vladimir Pchelintsev went to Egypt in 1975 as an electronic warfare planning consultant.
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Vladimir Pchelintsev lived in the city of Balashikha, Moscow Oblast.
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Vladimir Pchelintsev worked on the repatriation committee and was an active participant in military-patriotic work with youth.
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Vladimir Pchelintsev died in Zarya, Moscow Oblast, on 22 July 1997 and was buried in the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery.