The Nazi invaders had taken over her homeland, but 25-year-old Lyudmila Pavlichenko would not give them any peace. An innate sharpshooter, the young woman was then tasked with countering the ...

For most snipers, receiving threats from the enemy would be terrifying. For Lyudmila Pavlichenko, however, it was delightful. When the Germans threatened to tear her into 309 pieces, the exact number ...

Oleksandr Pavlichenko, executive director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, said around 2,000 refused to sign a contract with Rosatom. The plant's employees are not allowed to leave ...

In this case, “best” means “deadliest,” as in the deadliest female sniper in history, Leytenánt (lieutenant) Lyudmila Pavlichenko. “Miss Pavlichenko, well-known to fame/Russia’s your ...

We started off with the deadliest female sniper in history, the Red Army’s Lyudmila Pavlichenko of World War II (or as even the post-Soviet era Russians still prefer to call, “the Great ...

The women covered include warrior queen Lakshmi Bai, sword master diplomat Chevalier d'Eon and Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who is believed to have killed more than 300 Nazi soldiers during ...