He was born on March 23rd, 1915 to a family of Russian peasants in the Ural Mountains near Chelyabinsk. She was born to the supportive parents, George Weisz and Edith Ruth. Hitler like Napoleon did not bargain for two major factors that would turn the tide of the war. When she reached Belarus, the Germans had already killed them. Lyudmila Pavlichencko born in 1916 in Ukraine was by far the most famous of Russian female snipers nicknamed “Lady Death”. Rachel Hannah Weisz (/ ˈ v aɪ s / vys; [1] born 7 March 1970) [2] is an English film and theatre actress and former fashion model.. Weisz began her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in the early 1990s, then started working in television, appearing in Inspector Morse, the British mini-series Scarlet and Black, and the television film Advocates II. Nikita Khrushchev Ron Perlman. ". Major König. This was a meeting record and represented an improvement of more than 150 points over her previous best. Tania Chernova is an American with family ties to Russia. She became famous after her roles in the Hollywood movies The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, and has since continued appearing in major movie roles. In an attempt to save a wounded Russian officer, she was mortally wounded by shrapnel that tore her chest open and disemboweled her. A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII. [5], Prior to the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, it was reigning champion Jessica Ennis who was ranked number one that year, followed by Chernova. 14 services. Russian Female Snipers of World War II. Home. the political commissar (Joseph Fiennes) and the love interest Tania Chernova (Rachel Weisz). [1], At the start of the 2010 season, she originally was awarded the bronze medal in the pentathlon at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, finishing behind Jessica Ennis and Nataliya Dobrynska. Many of these were women who fought not in the open but as snipers becoming notorious and deadly in their actions chalking up kill after kill gunning down Nazi officers and professing an uncanny but ruthless skill with the sniper rifle. In 1940, she enrolled at University in Perm, and when Germany invaded the Soviet Union, she began to attend nursing courses in the evening, while training to become a sharpshooter. See what Clela Meusboen (57cjm) has discovered on Pinterest, the world's biggest collection of ideas. The only way to climb in these rankings is to get new dogs with continuously increasing capacities, which will lead it to organize a mating. Petrova was credited with killing 122 enemy soldiers and although she survived the war she died in a tragic car accident just seven days after the war had ended. Russian Snipers Nadezhda Kolesnikov: img via flickr.com. Makarova chalked up 84 kills and returned to her hometown in Perm Russia a war hero. Whois Vasily Zaytsev, Sniper,birthplace is Yeleninka , Russia ,date of birth March 23,1915,died at the age of76,sign of the zodiac Aries 1 Information 2 Filmography 2.1 Animation 3 Films 4 Video Games 5 Drama CD 6 Dubbing Roles 6.1 Live action 7 Animations Atsuko Satō (佐藤 敦子, Satō Atsuko, born November 14, 1962), known professionally as Atsuko Tanaka (田中 敦子, Tanaka Atsuko), is a Japanese voice actress and narrator associated with Mausu Promotion (formerly Ezaki Productions). Roza Shanina – Russian Female Snipers of World War II. Rachel Weisz Tania Chernova . Born Today Most Popular Celebs Most Popular Celebs Celebrity News. She then became a sniper in the Russian army joining the Hares, a sniper group formed by the famous Vatsily Zaytsev who was also portrayed as a character in the same movie and played by Jude Law. She was credited with 19 confirmed kills. Overview. She was originally awarded the bronze medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, and the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics before being stripped of those medals for doping. Like Kolesnikov, a total of 800.000 female combat soldiers fought with the Russian army as snipers, tank gunners, soldiers, machine gunners and even pilots. You made it up. Add to history. Tania was an American –Russian who travelled to Belarus to get her grandparents out of Russia but they had already been killed by Germans. Koulikov Eva Mattes. Roza Shanina born on 3rd April, 1924 in the village of Yedma Russia actually wrote to Stalin twice to be allowed to fight with a battalion or reconnaissance company. Her family was killed during the war and the only thing she wants is revenge. Not many who saw action survived where just 500 survived the war out of an enlisted 2000. She was the first woman sniper to be awarded the Order of Glory and fought in the famous battle of Vilnius. Her results from 15 August 2009 to 14 August 2011 were annulled and she was suspended for two years from 22 July 2013. Top Billed Cast. Add to list. Tania Chernova : Because we've only just met. Enemy at the Gates is the greatest movie excreted by Swanford Films, Paramount Pictures, Mandalay Pictures, KC Medien, Reperage, DOS, Little Bird, MP Film Management, following a description of the movie is "Enemy at the Gates is a war film from Jean-Jacques Annaud from 2001 that takes place during the battle of Stalingard in World War II between the Russians and the Germans. Jean-Jacques Annaud. Ganiyeva fought in the Soviet Army’s 3rd Moscow Communist Rifle Division. Many of these women became famous heroes of Russia earning accolades and medals of Honor especially the one named Lady death. For her service, Kolesnikov was awarded the medal of courage after the war in Russia. She died the next day on 27th January 1945. Tatyana Sergeyevna Chernova (Russian: Татьяна Серге́евна Чернова; born 29 January 1988 in Krasnodar) is a Russian heptathlete. Alain Godard. Chernova showed her promise in combined events at a young age and won gold medals at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics. 8 Tania Chernova. Enemy At The Gates (2001) Vassily and Tania Chernova's Romantic Moments - Duration: 3 minutes, 29 seconds. Her mother name is Edith Ruth is a Vienna, Austria and also is a teacher.Her father name is George Weisz he was a Hungarian-born inventor and engineer. 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Klavdiya Kalugina was one of the youngest soldiers and the youngest sniper in the Red Army. She entered the war when she was just 17. [14] This means she no longer has medals from any major championships. Kalugina survived after remaining in Leningrad till the end of the war. She was deadly in her skills where she chalked up a massive 257 kills. She was 53. Nadezhda Kolesnikov was a sniper volunteer serving on the Volkhovsky Eastern front in 1943. Nina Lobkovskaya joined the Russian army after losing her father to the war in 1942. [3] She failed to build upon this in 2009 and ended the year with a season's best of 6386 points, having come eighth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Add comment. Rachel Weisz was born in Westminster, London, England, the UK on 7 March 1970 with the sun sign Pisces. Vassili Ed Harris. [7] She finished third in the 800 metres final, but still maintained her lead and initially became the world heptathlon champion with a personal best total of 6880 points. Watch Now. In the film she’s played by Rachel Weisz, and her name is Tania Chernova. Nina Pavlovna Petrova also known as “Mama Nina” and could well have been the oldest Russian female snipers in World War II. Whether or not it was true, grumpy and impatient me found the budding love story between American-born Tania Chernova and Zaytsev a little distracting from the overall action of the book involving the Nazi sharpshooter Thorvald, a character that I think the author did not evolve as much as Chernova or Zaytsev. It makes no sense to me. Nina served in the Russian 3rd shock army where she attained the rank of Lieutenant. Fighting in the 3rd Shock army, she was famous for her active role on the 2nd Baltic front and the Kalnin front. Tania Chernova was a Russian-American who went to Belarus to get her grandparents out of Russia. INTRODUCTION Quite surprisingly, nearly all of the events in the story are true — even though some of them were denied by certain individuals involved. On 24 April 2017 she was disqualified and stripped of her bronze medal in 2008 Summer Olympics due to doping. She chalked up the highest number of kills being 309 including 29 enemy snipers. She played Dr. Lily Sinclair, Tania Chernova, and Evelyn Carnahan. Tania Chernova Russian Female Snipers of World War II Not many will be familiar with this name but Tania inspired the female sniper character by the same name in the movie "Enemy at the Gates" which was played by Rachel Weisz who acted alongside Jude Law. Chernova represented Russia at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and finished fourth in the heptathlon with 6512 points. Pavlichecnko was perhaps the most successful female sniper in war history where she fought in Sevastopol on the Crimean border and in Odessa. Born Tatiana Nikolaevna Baramzina, she was a kindergarten teacher before becoming a sniper in the Russian Army’s 70th rifle division, 33rd army. - Vassili: The donkey lives longer because he's more useful. 8.Tania Chernova. See the full list of Enemy at the Gates cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. She was born in 1893 and was already 48 when she joined the war. She had run a personal best in the 100 metres hurdles (13.32 seconds), but her consistency over all seven events proved to be the reason for the definitive improvement. [4], Chernova began the 2011 season with a significant personal best of 6773 points at the TNT-Fortuna Meeting. Trailer. After joining sniper school, Nina was posted to the 21st guards rifle division and saw active sniper duty. Vassili Zaitsev : On this day, September 20th 1942, a young shepherd boy from the Urals arrived in the city of Stalingrad on the banks of the Volga. Not many will be familiar with this name but Tania inspired the female sniper character by the same name in the movie “Enemy at the Gates” which was played by Rachel Weisz who acted alongside Jude Law. Roza Shanina chalked up 59 kills but did not survive the war. The German sniper, Major Köning, is well played by the always excellent Ed Harris. Status : Released Release Date of film : 2001-03-16 Original title : Enemy at the Gates Tagline : Some Men Are Born To Be Heroes. Jude Law Vassili Zaitsev . Hitler’s biggest mistake of World War II which led to the decline of his marauding army was the invasion of Russia. The surrounding story of the film is, of course, dramatic licence, as is the characterisation of Krushchev (Bob Hoskins). This actress, whose mother is Austrian-born and father is Hungarian-born, studied English at Trinity Hall college, Cambridge. Rachel Hannah Weisz (born 7 March 1970) is an Academy Award-winning English actress. Watch Enemy at the Gates Full Movie Streaming Online Duration 131 minutes and broadcast on 2001-03-16 MPAA rating is 243. When I opened my eyes Sacha was standing there waiting to give me the good news. Log In Once logged in, you can add biography in the database. She was ultimately captured, tortured and executed. Tania was credited with 24 kills before being wounded in the abdomen from a mine. Ziba Ganiyeva was one of the most charismatic figures in the Russian army having been a Russian celebrity and a film actress in Azerbaijan before the war. A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII. Deadliest Russian Female Snipers of World War II, Top 10 Russian Female Snipers of World War II. Russia immersed itself into the war where even village schoolteachers were cast into action. Her injuries did not permit her to rejoin the war where she spent 11 months recovering in hospital. Director, Screenplay. She survived the war even seeing action in the Battle for Berlin in 1945 where she commanded an entire company of 100 female snipers. Some Men Are Born To Be Heroes. On her senior global debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics she failed to finish the competition. Kalugina fought in Poland and was then sent to fight in the battle of Leningrad where she helped defend the city against the Germans. She took an active part in the battle of Moscow and was severely wounded. Rachel Weisz. [1] In 2007 she scored a total of 6768 points – the highest score ever reached by a junior, although it is classed as wind-assisted for record purposes. She was nicknamed the Unseen terror of East Prussia and entered the war before she was even 20 years old. Actors. Rachel’s father used to be a mechanical engineer and her mother was teacher-turned-psychotherapist originally from Vienna who recently died in 2016. [8] Chernova won the Decastar Meeting a month later to take a consecutive series win on the IAAF Challenge circuit, having amassed 20,332 points over three competitions. Russian Female Snipers of World War II. Born in Yeleninskoye, Russia, to a peasant family, Zaytsev learned marksmanship from an … I prayed for the first time since I was a little girl. Videos. The Famous English actress Rachel Hannah Weisz and she is also known as Rachel Weisz.Rachel Weisz was born on 7 March 1970 in Westminster, London, England and grew up in the Hampstead Garden Suburb. After attending sniper school aged 24, she was deputized with the Red Army’s 25th Chapayev Rifle Division. Not many will be familiar with this name but Tania inspired the female sniper character by the same name in the movie “Enemy at the Gates” which was played by Rachel Weisz who acted alongside Jude Law. Chernova's case also involved strange gaps in her suspension periods, including opening up her eligibility two weeks before the World Championship gold medal and initiating another disqualification period less than two weeks after she won the Universiade gold medal. Major König Rachel Weisz. Pavlichenko survived the war after being removed from active duty on account of injuries sustained in mortar fire. The tagline for one of her movies is "The Legend You Know. Read on to know 10 of the most deadly Russian female snipers in military history. Joseph Fiennes. Tanya was posthumously awarded the Gold star and was declared as a hero of the Soviet Union on March 24th 1945. She was then taken to Tashkent where she spent a considerable time in recovery. Vassili Zaitsev. Rachel Hannah Weisz (born 7 March 1970) is an Academy Award-winning English actress; she is also a fashion model.She became famous after her roles in the Hollywood movies The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, and has since continued appearing in major movie roles.. She is of Jewish descent. Screenplay. Ed Harris. Add to collection. She started her war career working at a munitions factory but soon entered sniper school and was subsequently sent to the 3rd Belorussian front. Movie Cast . Tanya fought on the Belorussian front and was made to parachute behind enemy lines as part of a secret mission. Born in the city of Glazov in Udmurtia, Baramzina graduated from the Glazov State Pedagogical Institute and spent two years teaching a kindergarten class in a village school at Kachkashur. 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