Colonel Marie Ljalková-Lastovecká, née Petrušáková (* 3 December 1920 Horodenka, Poland (now Ukraine) - 7 November 2011, Brno) was a Czechoslovak sniper and medic who fought on the side of the USSR in World War II. Pictured here with an AVT-40 sniper rifle, taken after the Battle of Sokolov (8th and 9th March 1943) in 1943. The author of the photograph is unknown.
<ul><li>Unknown photographer</li>
<li>CZ: Autorem této fotografie je neznámá osoba.</li>
<li>EN: Author of this photo is unknown person.</li></ul>
<ul><li>CZ: Fotografický archiv Vojenského historického ústavu České republiky v Praze</li>
<li>EN: Photographic archive of the Military Historical Institute of the Czech Republic in Prague</li></ul>