Vasil Kvachantiradze

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Vasil Shalvas dze Kvachantiradze (Georgian: ვასილ შალვას ძე კვაჭანტირაძე; Russian: Василий Шалвович Квачантирадзе, romanized: Vasily Shalvovich Kvachantiradze; 15 January [O.S. 2 January] 1907 – 9 February 1950) was a Soviet sniper during World War II. He is credited with confirmed kills numbering at least 215 officers and soldiers of the German Wehrmacht during the Vitebsk–Orsha offensive and 517 confirmed kills total during the war, thus being considered as one of the deadliest snipers in history.

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