Nina Alexeyevna Lobkovskaya (Russian: Нина Алексеевна Лобковская; born 8 March 1924) was a female sniper in the Red Army during World War II.

She attained the rank of lieutenant and commanded a separate women’s sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army during World War II.

She completed her tenth grade of school and attended OSOAVIAKhIM sharpshooting courses before volunteering to join the Red Army, but dreamed of going to college.

The courses were very intense – they spent ten to twelve hours a day training in the cold, learning how to crawl through trenches, camouflage themselves, and shoot at moving targets.

[2][3][4] Lobkovskaya went to the frontline in mid 1943 as part of a group of 50 women snipers assigned to the 21st Guards Rifle Division[5] of the 3rd Shock Army on the Kalinin Front.

[9] After the battle the company was moved to the 153rd Army Reserve Regiment and tasked with helping guard part of the Rastrubovo-Svyatoy-Kleshi line in the Nevel offensive.

They then helped defend a flamethrower unit against Nazi counterattacks and held their position in the face of enemy fire and air raids.

"[10] After another sniper tally Lobkovskaya was appointed commander of a platoon, which received reinforcements before joining the 1253rd Regiment of the 379th Infantry Division.

[16] After graduating she worked as a lecturer that the Central Museum of V. I. Lenin, and in 1974 she was awarded the title Honored Culture Worker of the RSFSR.