Mikhail Budenkov

1919–1995 (age 76)

Biography

Mikhail Ivanovich Budenkov (Russian: Михаил Иванович Буденков; 5 December 1919 – 2 August 1995) was a Soviet sniper in World War II. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 24 March 1945 for killing 413 Nazis. By the end of the war he had killed 437 Nazis, making him one of the best snipers of the war.

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