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Fedir Dyachenko

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Allegiance
  
Soviet Union

Battles/wars
  
Great Patriotic War

Rank
  
Major

Years of service
  
1941 — 1962

Battles and wars
  
Eastern Front

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Born
  
June 16, 1917 (
1917-06-16
)

Died
  
8 August 1995, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Awards
  
Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin, Order of the Patriotic War, Order of the Red Star

Fedir Trofymovych Dyachenko (Ukrainian: Дяченко Федір Трофимович; (June 16, 1917 - August 8, 1995), was a Ukrainian Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with as many as 423 (425) kills. He was born in the village of Velyki Krynky, now part of Hlobyne Raion of Poltava Oblast.

Dyachenko was one of the most effective snipers in the Red Army during World War II. He was granted the status of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944.

He retired from the Soviet Army in 1962 with the rank of Major. He lived in Leningrad, working as a senior engineer at the Kirov Plant. Dyachenko died on 8 August 1995 and is buried in the city's Kovalevsky Cemetery.

Literature

  • The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting by Major John L Plaster, USAR
  • Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45 Henry Sakaida (p. 20)

    • References

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