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| Other authors / contributors: | Anisimov, Sergeĭ (Sergeĭ V.)
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| ISBN: | 9781848846982
1848846983
9781783370146
1783370149
9781848841208
1848841205
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| 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.
Includes index.
Translated from the Russian.
Print version record.
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| 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.
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| Other form: | Print version: Pili︠u︡shin, Iosif Iosifovich. Snaĭper Velikoĭ Otechestvennoĭ. English. Red sniper on the Eastern Front. Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2010 9781848841208
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