Allegiance Soviet Union Rank Sergeant | Years of service 1941-1943 Service/branch Soviet Army | |
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Native name Цырендаши Ринчинович Доржиев Died 3 January 1943, Novgorod Oblast, Russia Awards Order of Lenin, Medal "For Courage" Units Northwestern Front, Soviet Union | ||
Tsyrendashi Dorzhiev (Russian: Цырендаши Доржиев; 1912 - January 3 1943) was a Soviet sniper.
Tsyrendashi Dorzhiev fought in World War II. He reportedly killed 297 German soldiers and shot down a German plane.
Dorzhiev fought on the Northwestern Front. He was awarded the Order of Lenin and Medal "For Courage"
Tsyrendashi Dorzhiev was born in Buryatia (Russia) in 1912. He was an ethnic Buryat. His father was a Siberian hunter, and taught his son to shoot accurately.
He voluntarily went to war in August 1941.
Dorzhiev died of his wounds on Jan. 3, 1943.
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