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1 online resource : illustrations, portraits |
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List of Illustrations; Translator's Introduction; Chapter 1: My First Shot at the Enemy; Chapter 2: A Successful Ambush; Chapter 3: Fighting on the Narva River; Chapter 4: A Soldier's Conversation; Chapter 5: On Reconnaissance; Chapter 6: My First Wound; Chapter 7: The Fight for the Wooded Hill; Chapter 8: Behind Enemy Lines; Chapter 9: In the Vicinity of Ropsha; Chapter 10: The Decisive Battle; Chapter 11: Ulyanov's Death; Chapter 12: Home; Chapter 13 : 'A Mistake'; Chapter 14: At the Front and in the Rear; Chapter 15: In the Administrative Platoon; Chapter 16: A Trench Stage |
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Chapter 17: In Ceiling RubbleChapter 18: The Staro-Panovo Operation; Chapter 19: Encounters; Chapter 20: The Brown Rat; Chapter 21: Joyful News; Chapter 22: Soviet Army Day; Chapter 23: The Ruhr Mine Worker; Chapter 24: A Soldier Hurries; Chapter 25: A Competition; Chapter 26: The Unknown Visitor; Chapter 27: The Final Meeting with My Son; Chapter 28: Waiting; Chapter 29: The Joyous Day; Chapter 30: The Photograph; Chapter 31: Familiar Places; Chapter 32: Caring Hands; Index |
| Summary |
Joseph Pilyushin, a top Red Army sniper in the ruthless fight against the Germans on the Eastern Front, was an exceptional soldier and he has a remarkable story to tell. His first-hand account of his wartime service gives a graphic insight into his lethal skill with a rifle and into the desperate fight put up by Soviet forces to defend Leningrad. He also records how, during the three-year siege, close members of this family died, including his wife and two sons, as well as many of his comrades in arms. He describes these often-terrible events with such honesty and clarity that his memoir is re |
| Notes |
"Abridged version of Red Army sniper Yosif [Joseph] Yosifovich Pilyushin's memoir, first published in 1958 under the title U sten Leningrada [At the walls of Leningrad]. It has recently been republished for the fourth time under the title Snayper Velikoi Otechestvennoi [Sniper of the Great Patriotic]"--Page vii |
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Includes index |
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Translated from the Russian |
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Print version record |
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Pili︠u︡shin, Iosif
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Pili︠u︡shin, Iosif fast |
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Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ -- Biography
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Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ fast |
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Snipers -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Soviet
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Military campaigns
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Snipers
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Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944 -- Personal narratives
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Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945))
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Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg
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Soviet Union
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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Récits personnels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Anisimov, Sergeĭ (Sergeĭ V.)
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| ISBN |
9781848846982 |
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1848846983 |
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9781783370146 |
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1783370149 |
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