Aleksei Sokolov Biography

The Russian winter was more unforgiving than past years. Which in return made it difficult for the young Soviet sniper to hold his rifle steadily, due to the shaking and trembling of his hands and body. His name is Aleksei Sokolov, he is 18 and he will have been in combat for about 4 months by tomorrow. He used to work under his father in the family’s watch store in Kronstadt in Saint Petersburg, Russia. That is, until Germany broke the non-aggression pact and began invading his motherland. After losing his father, and the family watch store to German bombing, Aleksei joined the Soviet Red Army. After about a week of training, he was shipped as a reinforcement to Stalingrad and was assigned as a sniper with the 13th Guards Rifle Division, formerly known as the 87th Rifle Division. …show more content…
He heard the belching engine of a vehicle of some kind, he knew it had to be German due to the armored corp had pulled out of Stalingrad 2 months ago. The pristine example of German engineering turned into the block that Aleksei's sniper position overlooked. Excited to finally get action, he knew he had to calm himself and wait to fire his weapon. Too early and the crew would hop back into their armored savior, turn the turret towards him and level the building Aleksei was in. Too late and the tank would get back into the fight and the men it kills will be on Aleksei’s hands. So he waits for the crew to dismount from the tank, one by one they pop out of their hatches like a bunch of rabbits from their dens. Finally, he sees the tank’s commander, weary to come out of course due to his target priority among Soviet snipers. Immediately when Aleksei saw the crest on the peaked cap, he knew who his first bullet of the day was going to go