Lyudmila Pavlichenko passed away in 1974. Husband of At 25, she married fellow sniper Alexei Kitsenko. From 1945 to 1953 she was a research assistant at Soviet Navy headquarters. : Wikimedia Commons. When the German sniper grew impatient and slipped up, Pavlichenko took her shot and won the duel. As she explained to one interviewer: "I am amazed at the kind of questions put to me by the women press correspondents in Washington. She would be credited with 309 confirmed sniper kills during World War 2 to include 36 Germany or enemy snipers. She got a divorce, and years later, when her son was old enough to go to school, she attended Kiev University as a history major. Lyudmila Pavlichenko deserves to be honored for risking her life for her country. She met with President Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and the sniper and the first lady hit it off: Eleanor Roosevelt invited Pavlichenko on a tour of the country to talk about her experiences in combat. Never one to be outdone, Pavlichenko won every duel she fought, including one lasting 3 days, holding her position for 15-20 hours at a stretch. This was the beginning of her deep-seated hatred for the Nazis.