Female snipers of the 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front (left to right).
1st row - Guard Staff Sergeant, VN Stepanov: 20 kills.  Guard Sgt JP Belousov:80 kills. Guard Sgt AE Vinogradov: 83 kills.
2nd row - Guard Lieutenant EK Zhibovskaya: 24 kills. Guard Sgt KF Marinkin: 79 kills. Guard Sgt OS Marenkina: 70 kills.
Third row - Guard Lieutenant NP Belobrova: 70 kills. Lieutenant N. Lobkovsky: 89 kills. Guard Lieutenant VI Artamonov: 89 kills. Guard Staff Sergeant MG Zubchenko: 83 kills.
4th row - Guard Sergeant, NP Obukhov: 64 kills. Guard Sergeant, AR Belyakov 24 kills

Date taken: 04/05/1945

3rd Shock Army snipers

Soviet troops trying to hold ground against german forces during battle of Stalingrand in 1942

Russian infantry 

Sasha Filippov,a spy for Soviet troops,He was born 1925 in Stalingrad - in 1942 he was 16 years old and worked as a locksmith and cobbler,at school he became a Leninist Komsomol. The Germans entered Voroshilov district of Stalingrad where Sasha lived,At night, Sasha beamed his way through the front line bringing the Red Army intelligence on the enemy and became their scout. With a bag over his shoulder and a cobblers tool Sasha worked in the German headquarters cleaning the Germans boots and at the same time getting their intel. On December 23,1942 after a scouting mission,Sasha along with another scout Maria Uskova were captured by German troops. After torture Sasha Filippov was hanged near his home in front of his mother. Sasha's last words before death were " We will come and kill you like mad dogs!". Sasha was awarded the order of the Red Banner and the medal for defense of Stalingrad