Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (born 1908)

Fyodor Okhlopkov

Soviet sniper (1908–1968)

Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov was a Soviet sniper during World War II credited with 429 kills. Nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944 after tallying his first 420 sniper kills but rejected for unclear reasons, he was belatedly awarded the title in May 1965 over…