Which Soviet sniper and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II became the source material for a character from "Enemy at the Gates?"
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Enemy at the Gates Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 French-American war film written and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book "", which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942 and 1943. The film's main character is a fictionalized version of sniper Vasily Zaytsev, a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. It includes a snipers' duel between Zaytsev and a "Wehrmacht" sniper school director, Major Erwin König.
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Vasily Zaytsev Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. Prior to 10 November, he killed 32 Axis soldiers with a standard-issue rifle. Between 10 November 1942 and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, he killed 225 enemy soldiers, including 11 snipers.
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Anna Yegorova Sr.Lt. Anna Alexandrovna Timofeyeva-Yegorova (Russian: Анна Александровна Тимофеева-Егорова ; 23 September 1916 – 29 October 2009) was a pilot in the Red Army Air Force (VVS) during the Second World War. She flew in total 277 liaison, reconnaissance and ground-attack missions. She was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Viktor Zholudev Viktor Grigoryevich Zholudev (Russian: Виктор Григорьевич Жолудев; 22 March 1905 – 21 July 1944) was a Red Army major general and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Zholudev fought in the 1929 Sino-Soviet conflict, the Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938 and the 1939 Battles of Khalkhin Gol, as well as World War II. Zholudev commanded the 37th Guards Rifle Division during its defense of the Stalingrad tractor factory during the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Kadi Abakarov Kadi Abakarovich Abakarov (Russian: Кади Абакарович Абакаров ) (9 May 1913 – 29 February 1948) was an Avar Red Army sergeant who fought during World War II. Abakarov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for actions in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
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Ilya Kaverin Ilya Ananevich Kaverin (Russian: Илья Ананьевич Каверин; 15 May 1910 – 19 November 1963) was a Red Army senior sergeant and Hero of the Soviet Union. Kaverin was awarded the title for reportedly resisting German troops from his burned-out tank during the Battle of Kiev in 1943. He reportedly killed 30 German soldiers. After the war Kaverin was demobilized and returned to his native Astara.
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Stepan Shutov Stepan Fyodorovich Shutov (Russian: Степан Фёдорович Шутов; 30 January 1902 – 17 April 1963) was a Red Army Colonel and double Hero of the Soviet Union. Shutov fought in the Russian Civil War and the Polish–Soviet War. He was demobilized after recovering from Typhus in 1921 but was drafted into the Red Army again in 1924. He initially served in cavalry units and later became an officer in the tank troops. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Shutov was a tank battalion commander. He fought in the Battle of Moscow. In December 1941 he became deputy commander of a tank brigade and in August 1942 was given command of the 187th Tank Brigade of the 9th Tank Corps. Shutov was appointed commander of the 50th Separate Guards Tank Regiment in October. From May 1943 he took commanders courses at the Military Academy of the Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army. After graduation Shutov became commander of the 20th Guards Tank Brigade in August 1943. For his leadership of the brigade in the Battle of Kiev (1943), he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. During the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive the brigade captured Ploiești. For his leadership Shutov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union a second time. In September 1944 he became 9th Guards Mechanized Corps deputy commander but a few days later was seriously wounded, resulting in the amputation of his arm while in the hospital. He retired in September 1945 and later became deputy minister for social welfare of the Belorussian SSR.
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B.J. Blazkowicz William Joseph "B.J." Blazkowicz (] ) is the protagonist of the "Wolfenstein" series of alternate history video games starting with 1992's "Wolfenstein 3D". An American spy of Polish descent, he specializes in one-man missions behind enemy lines. In addition to fighting the regular German army he also frequently encounters bizarre Nazi experiments concerning biomechanical technology and the occult.
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Idris Suleymanov Idris Hasan oglu Suleymanov (Azerbaijani: İdris Həsən oğlu Süleymanov; 12 February 1915 – 29 July 1986) was an Azerbaijani Red Army Lieutenant and Hero of the Soviet Union. During the Battle of the Caucasus near Mozdok in November 1942, he led the 1st Rifle Platoon of the 1st Separate Rifle Battalion in the 43rd Separate Rifle Brigade. He reportedly launched a counterattack and was wounded in the eye and leg but did not leave the front line. Suleymanov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 13 December 1942. He retired postwar and worked at the local social security department.
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Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Николай Иванович Кузнецов ) (July 27, 1911–March 9, 1944) was a semi-legendary Soviet intelligence agent and partisan who operated in Nazi-occupied Ukraine (Reichskommissariat Ukraine) during World War II who personally killed six high-ranking German officials. His file is still not fully disclosed and will be held until 2025 in the FSB archives. It was not until 1990 that Kuznetsov was officially recognized as a NKVD agent. He used several pseudonyms during his intelligence operations: e.g. Rudolf Schmidt, Nikolai Vasilevitsh Grachev (Николай Васильевич Грачёв) and Oberleutnant Paul Siebert. Kuznetsov was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Mikhail Khvatkov Mikhail Petrovich Khvatkov (Russian: Михаил Петрович Хватков ; 24 November 1925 – 25 June 1944) was a Red Army Efreitor and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Khvatkov was posthumously awarded the title for his actions in the Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive, where he ferried troops and equipment across the Western Dvina. He was killed while crossing the river.
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Hunan Avetisyan Hunan Avetisyan (Armenian: Հունան Ավետիսյան , Russian: Уна́н Мкрти́чович Аветися́н ; 20 July 1913 – 16 September 1943) was a Soviet Red Army senior sergeant from the 89th Rifle Division who sacrificed his life by covering the embrasure of a German machine gun pillbox with his body so that his fellow soldiers could keep moving against the enemy in the Novorossiysk-Taman Operation of the Battle of the Caucasus. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and Order of Lenin in recognition of his sacrifice by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in May 1944.
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Ami Mammadov Ami Agha oglu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: "Əmi Ağa oğlu Məmmədov" ; 1922– 26 March 1944) was a Soviet Navy Matros and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Mammadov was posthumously awarded the title on 20 April 1945 for his actions during the capture of Mykolaiv. Mammadov reportedly destroyed several German vehicles with his anti-tank rifle and was killed when the house he was defending collapsed under German fire.
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Franz Perkhorovich Franz Iosifovich Perkhorovich (Russian: Франц Иосифович Перхорович ; 27 May 1894 – 11 October 1961) was a Belarusian Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Kuzma Grebennik Kuzma Yevdokimovich Grebennik (Russian: Кузьма Евдокимович Гребенник; 18 February 1900 – 22 September 1974) was a Red Army lieutenant general and Hero of the Soviet Union. Grebennik served in the Soviet Border Troops both before and after World War II. During World War II, he commanded the 15th and 37th Guards Rifle Divisions.
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Vladimir Fedorovich Vladimirov Vladimir Fedorovich Vladimirov (Russian: Владимир Фёдорович Владимиров; 9 July 1914 – December 1943) was a Red Army Lieutenant during World War II and a Hero of the Soviet Union. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his actions during the Battle of the Dnieper. Vladimirov was killed in action during December 1943.
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Ivan Sidorovich Lazarenko Ivan Sidorovich Lazarenko (Russian: Иван Сидорович Лазаренко ; 8 October 1895 – 26 June 1944) was a Red Army major general and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Sergey Akhromeyev Sergey Fyodorovich Akhromeyev (Russian: Серге́й Фёдорович Ахроме́ев ; May 5, 1923 – August 24, 1991) was a Soviet military figure, Hero of the Soviet Union (1982) and Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983).
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Lieutenant prose Lieutenant prose (Russian: лейтенантская проза ) is the body of Russian military fiction penned by former junior officers of the Red Army who drew on their personal experiences during the World War II. In "lieutenant prose" protagonists were often (though not always) the junior officers. The war was shown without the semi-official pathos and smoothing sharp points. "Lieutenant prose" makes emphasis not on the scale of military actions, panoramic battles with many nameless faces and figures of military leaders were in the first place, but a true war hero in the foreground, an ordinary soldier from the trenches, junior officers, who ensured the victory in this war having shown the incredible courage in the most extreme situations.
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Operation Barbarossa Operation Barbarossa (German: "Unternehmen Barbarossa") was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, starting Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.
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Jamil Ahmadov Jamil Mahammad oglu Ahmadov (Azerbaijani: "Cəmil Məmməd oğlu Əhmədov" ; 1924 – 2 September 1944) was an Azerbaijani Red Army lieutenant and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Ahmadov was posthumously awarded the title on 24 March 1945 for his actions in Operation Bagration. Ahmadov reportedly continued to command his platoon while wounded and died of his wounds.
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Semyon Budyonny Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny Also "Budennyj", "Budyonnyy", "Budennii", "Budyoni", "Budyenny", or "Budenny"; (April 25 1883-October 26, 1973) was a Russian cavalryman, a military commander during the Russian Civil War and World War II, and a close political ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.