Fyodor Okhlopkov

Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov (Russian: Фёдор Матве́евич Охло́пков; 3 March 1908 – 28 May 1968) was a Soviet sniper during World War II credited with 429 kills.

By October 1942, less than a year after arriving at the warfront in December 1941, Fyodor was sent to the 234th Infantry Regiment where he was made a sniper owing to his background as a skilled marksman; earlier in August he had been wounded in combat for a fourth time, with the extent of his injuries requiring him to be evacuated to a hospital in Ivanovo.

After being airlifted to a medical unit he was sent to recover in a hospital behind the front lines, but the extent of the injury left him unfit for military service until spring 1945, shortly before the end of the war.

Upon return to his hometown he was enthusiastically greeted by his countrymen, although many of his colleagues were left wondering why he wasn't awarded the Gold Star considering his sniper tally.

From then to 1949 he headed the military department of the Tattinsky District Communist Party committee, in addition to becoming a member of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet in 1946.