title: Franz Scheidies
Erwin König
Semyon Nomokonov
MS-74
Noah Adamia
Klavdiya Kalugina
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Hermann Kreß
Enemy at the Gates
Vasily Zaytsev
sentences: Franz Scheidies (22 December 1890 – 7 April 1942) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during the Second World War and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
 Scheidis was killed by a Soviet sniper on 7 April 1942.
Erwin König and Heinz Thorvald are names of an apocryphal Wehrmacht sniper allegedly killed by the Soviet sniper Vasily Zaytsev during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Semyon Danilovich Nomokonov (12 August 1900 – 12 June or 15 July 1973) was a Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with 367 kills, recorded in his sniper log.
 An ethnic Buryat-Mongolian Hamnigan Evenk, Nomokonov was among the indigenous peoples of Russia who fought in the war.
 He received the nickname Taiga Shaman from the enemies.
MS-74 (№74 Factory's Modernised" Sniper rifle ") was a limited edition Soviet sniper rifle, made by Yevgeny Dragunov in 1949 at Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant.
 The weapon was based on Mosin's rifle with 7.62×54mmR cartridge.
 The main aim was to increase accuracy and improve the comfort.
 It was tested and recommended for use.
Noah Petrovich Adamiya (Georgian: ნოე ადამია , Noe Adamia; Russian: Ной Петрович Адамия ) (December 21, 1917 – July 3, 1942) was a Soviet sniper of the Soviet Maritime Forces and Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II.
 He participated in the Sevastopol sniper movement and personally trained about 80 snipers.
 Adamiya is credited with killing around 300 German soldiers during the Battle of Sevastopol.
Klavdiya Kalugina (born 1926) was a Soviet sniper in the Second World War.
 She joined the Communist Youth league Komsomol in 1943 where she qualified as a sniper.
 She entered active service at age 17 in March 1944, fighting on the 3rd Belorussian Front as one of the youngest women snipers.
 She has 257 confirmed kills.
Liudmyla Mykhailovna Pavlychenko (Ukrainian: Людмила Михайлівна Павличенко , Russian: Людмила Михайловна Павличенко ; July 12, 1916October 10, 1974) was a Ukrainian Red Army Soviet sniper during World War II.
 Credited with 309 kills, she is regarded as one of the top military snipers of all time and the most successful female sniper in history.
Hermann Kreß (23 July 1895 – 11 August 1943) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 4th Mountain Division.
 He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
 Kreß was killed instantly by a shot in the head from a Soviet sniper on 11 August 1943 near Novorossiysk, Soviet Union.
Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 French-American war film written and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book "", which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942 and 1943.
 The film's main character is a fictionalized version of sniper Vasily Zaytsev, a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II.
 It includes a snipers' duel between Zaytsev and a "Wehrmacht" sniper school director, Major Erwin König.
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II.
 Prior to 10 November, he killed 32 Axis soldiers with a standard-issue rifle.
 Between 10 November 1942 and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, he killed 225 enemy soldiers, including 11 snipers.

Question: Question:  Erwin König was killed by a soviet sniper born in which year ? 

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 Erwin König and Heinz Thorvald are names of an apocryphal Wehrmacht sniper allegedly killed by the Soviet sniper Vasily Zaytsev during the Battle of Stalingrad. 

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 Semyon Danilovich Nomokonov (12 August 1900 – 12 June or 15 July 1973) was a Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with 367 kills, recorded in his sniper log.
 An ethnic Buryat-Mongolian Hamnigan Evenk, Nomokonov was among the indigenous peoples of Russia who fought in the war.
 He received the nickname Taiga Shaman from the enemies. 

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 MS-74 (№74 Factory's Modernised" Sniper rifle ") was a limited edition Soviet sniper rifle, made by Yevgeny Dragunov in 1949 at Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant.
 The weapon was based on Mosin's rifle with 7.62×54mmR cartridge.
 The main aim was to increase accuracy and improve the comfort.
 It was tested and recommended for use. 

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 Klavdiya Kalugina (born 1926) was a Soviet sniper in the Second World War.
 She joined the Communist Youth league Komsomol in 1943 where she qualified as a sniper.
 She entered active service at age 17 in March 1944, fighting on the 3rd Belorussian Front as one of the youngest women snipers.
 She has 257 confirmed kills. 

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 Liudmyla Mykhailovna Pavlychenko (Ukrainian: Людмила Михайлівна Павличенко , Russian: Людмила Михайловна Павличенко ; July 12, 1916October 10, 1974) was a Ukrainian Red Army Soviet sniper during World War II.
 Credited with 309 kills, she is regarded as one of the top military snipers of all time and the most successful female sniper in history. 

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 Hermann Kreß (23 July 1895 – 11 August 1943) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 4th Mountain Division.
 He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
 Kreß was killed instantly by a shot in the head from a Soviet sniper on 11 August 1943 near Novorossiysk, Soviet Union. 

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 Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 French-American war film written and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book "", which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942 and 1943.
 The film's main character is a fictionalized version of sniper Vasily Zaytsev, a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II.
 It includes a snipers' duel between Zaytsev and a "Wehrmacht" sniper school director, Major Erwin König. 

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 Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II.
 Prior to 10 November, he killed 32 Axis soldiers with a standard-issue rifle.
 Between 10 November 1942 and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, he killed 225 enemy soldiers, including 11 snipers. 

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Answer: 1915