MFA Russia π·πΊ @mfa_russia
#FacesOfVictory - #OTD in 1942, Soviet female snipers #Polivanova & #Kovshova, surrounded by the Nazis, sacrificed themselves to take out as many Nazis as possible. The heroines were posthumously awarded title ποΈ Hero of the Soviet Union. π They were merely 19 & 21 years old... https://t.co/DBbVJcSJC4 — PolitiTweet.org