Ibragim Suleymanov

Ibragim Suleymanov (; ; 1911 — 16 October 1943) was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II. He killed an estimated 289 enemy soldiers. He was nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 9 July 1943, but was initially awarded only the Order of Lenin. In 2022 he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Kazakhstan, the highest state honor of Kazakhstan.

Early life Suleymanov was born in 1911 in Sarysu village to a Tarakty Kazakh family. He worked as a tractor driver before the war and would hunt using an old Bergen rifle in his spare time. Nazi soldiers and officers. He gained fame and was celebrated in Soviet newspapers, and the Kazakh poet Jambul wrote a poem dedicated to him. During a rally of snipers that year he gave a short speech calling on other snipers to join him in killing more Nazi soldiers. His final tally of kills is estimated at around 290. After he was killed in battle a street in Nevelsk was named in his honor, and on 4 June 1944 he was awarded the Order of Lenin, but it was not until 2022 that he was awarded the title Hero of Kazakhstan.