Roza Shanina - Tribute to Soviet girl sniper

-Roza Yegorovna Shanina (Russian: Ро́за Его́ровна Ша́нина; 3 April 1924 January 28, 1945) was a Soviet sniper during the Great Patriotic War. She was responsible for 54 confirmed kills, including 12 enemy snipers, during the Battle of Vilnius After attending Arkhangelsk Teacher's Training College, she became a mentor in the kindergarten. On June 22, 1943, Shanina enlisted in the Red Army's Vsevobuch, subsequently attending the Central Female Sniper Academy in Podolsk. Shanina joined the 184th Rifle Division on April 2, 1944, where a separate female sniper platoon was formed. She was awarded the Order of Glory on June 18 and again on September 22, 1944. Once, upon receiving a battalion commander's order to immediately return to the rear, Shanina replied “I will return after the battle“.[3] The words later became a title of the book From The Battle Returned by Nikolai Zhuravlyov. On December 12, 1944 Roza was shot in the shoulder, and on December 27,