Timur Matveyevich Okhlopkov , was a Soviet

Soviet Union

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 sniper during World War II

World War II

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, credited with as many as 429 kills. He was born in the village of Krest-Khaldzhay of what is now Tomponsky Ulus

Tomponsky Ulus

Tomponsky District is a district of the Sakha Republic, Russia. Population: Its administrative center village is Khandyga.The district was formed on May 20, 1931....

 of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.
Okhlopkov was one of the most effective snipers in the Red Army during the World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. He was granted the status of Hero of the Soviet Union

Hero of the Soviet Union

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 in 1965 (#10678) as well as an Order of Lenin

Order of Lenin

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, after complaints he had been overlooked for the citations due to his ethnicity (he was an ethnic Yakut

Yakuts

Yakuts , are a Turkic people associated with the Sakha Republic.The Yakut or Sakha language belongs to the Northern branch of the Turkic family of languages....

). In 1974, a commercial cargo ship was named in his honour.