Mikhail Ilyich Surkov

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Mikhail Ilyich Surkov (Russian: Михаил Ильич Сурков) was a Soviet sniper in the 4th Rifle Division of the Red Army during World War II. He was a Siberian from a Krasnoyarsk family of hunters and trackers.^[1]

According to Soviet sources, Surkov had 702 confirmed kills during World War II,^[1] a total which would make him the most effective sniper of the European conflict.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Алексей Илларионович Луковец (1975). Знамена Победы. Pravda. "During the war, "Frontovaya Illustratsiya" wrote: "Sniper Sergeant Mikhail Surkov shoots at the enemy confidently and accurately. - He does not wound - he hits the spot. After killing over 700 Fascists, he went on to the next hunt ""
↑ Mark Spicer and Pat Farey, Sniping: An Illustrated History. Grand Rapids, MI: Zenith, 2009; pg. 129.

v t e World War II snipers

Canada	Joseph Gregory Harold Marshall

Finland	Simo Häyhä Sulo Kolkka

Germany	Sepp Allerberger Matthäus Hetzenauer Erwin König / Heinz Thorvald (apocryphal) Friedrich Pein Bruno Sutkus Helmut Wirnsberger

Soviet Union	Noe Adamia Fyodor Okhlopkov Ivan Sidorenko Vasily Zaytsev Abukhadzhi Idrisov Tanya Baramzina Natalya Kovshova Nina Lobkovskaya Aliya Moldagulova Lyudmila Pavlichenko Konstantin Pankov Roza Shanina Ziba Ganiyeva Mikhail Ilyich Surkov Vasilij Kvachantiradze

Czechoslovakia	Marie Ljalková

See also	World War I snipers Vietnam War snipers

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Name	Surkov, Mikhail Ilyich
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