List of Heroes of the Soviet Union
The list of Heroes of the Soviet Union includes people who have received the Hero of the Soviet Union award one or more times . The list should - if available - contain the date and / or dates of the award and the number of prize winners in this category. The list can be sorted, but with a total of around 12,000 honors from 1934 to 1991, it is not complete.
| Names | Nationality (by place of birth) |
birth year |
death year |
designation | Award date 1 |
Award date 2 |
Award date 3 |
Award date 4 |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev | Russian (Ukrainian) | 1906 | 1982 | Party leader of the CPSU | December 18, 1966 (no.11230) | Dec. 18, 1976 (No. 97) | December 19, 1978 (No. 5) | Dec. 18, 1981 (No. 2) | |
| Georgi Konstantinowitsch Schukow | Russian | 1896 | 1974 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of Staff of the Red Army, Defense Minister of the Soviet Union | 29 Aug 1939 (no.435) | July 29, 1944 (No. 22) | June 1, 1945 (No. 2) | December 1, 1956 (No. 1) | |
| Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny | Russian | 1883 | 1973 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, organizer of the Red Army | Feb. 1, 1958 (No. 10827) | Apr. 24, 1963 (No. 45) | Feb. 22, 1968 (No. 4) | ||
| Ivan Nikitovich Koschedub | Russian (Ukrainian) | 1920 | 1991 | Fighter pilot, Marshal of the Aviators | Feb. 4, 1944 (No. 1472) | 19 Aug 1944 (No. 36) | Aug. 18, 1945 (No. 3) | 62 victories in 120 aerial battles in 330 missions in World War II | |
| Alexander Ivanovich Pokryschkin | Russian | 1913 | 1985 | Fighter pilot, Marshal of the Aviators | May 24, 1943 (No. 993) | 24 Aug 1943 (No. 10) | 19 Aug 1944 (No. 1) | 59 victories in 156 air battles in 600 missions in World War II | |
| Vladimir Avramovich Aleksenko | Russian | 1923 | 1995 | Attack pilot, lieutenant general | Apr 19, 1945 | June 29, 1945 | 292 sorties in World War II | ||
| Alexej Wassiljewitsch Alelyukhin | Russian | 1920 | 1990 | Fighter pilot, major general | Aug 24, 1943 | Nov 1, 1943 | 40 aerial victories (+ involved in 17) in 601 missions in World War II | ||
| Alexander Pavlovich Alexandrov | Russian | 1943 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1983, 1987)) | Nov 23, 1983 | Dec. 29, 1987 (No. 127) | a total of 309 days in space, of which 149 on the Salyut 7 space station and 160 on the Mir | |||
| Sultan Amet-chan | Tartars | 1920 | 1971 | Fighter pilot, test pilot, lieutenant colonel | Aug 24, 1943 | June 29, 1945 | 30 victories (+ involved in 19) in 603 missions in World War II | ||
| Vasily Ivanovich Andrianow | Russian | 1920 | ? | Attack aviator, major general | July 1, 1944 | June 27, 1945 | 6 victories in 177 missions in World War II | ||
| Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov | Russian | 1935 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1976, 1980)) | 28 Sep 1976 (no.11278) | June 16, 1980 | total of 11 days in space ( Soyuz 22 , Soyuz T-2 ) | |||
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Hovhannes Baghramjan (Russian: Iwan Christoforowitsch Bagramjan) |
Armenians | 1897 | 1982 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Deputy Minister of Defense |
July 29, 1944 (no.3831) | Dec. 1, 1977 (No. 104) | |||
| Leonid Ignatevich Beda | Ukrainians | 1920 | ? | Attack pilot, lieutenant general | Oct 26, 1944 | June 29, 1945 | 213 sorties in World War II | ||
| Talgat Jakubekowitsch Begeldinow | Kazakhs | 1922 | Attack pilot, Colonel | Oct 16, 1944 | June 27, 1945 | 4 victories in about 300 missions | |||
| Ahmed Ben Bella | Algerian | 1918 | 2012 | President of Algeria | Apr 30, 1964 | ||||
| Georgi Timofejewitsch Beregovoi | Russian (Ukrainian) | 1921 | 1995 | Attack pilot, lieutenant general, cosmonaut (1 mission (1968)), member of the Supreme Soviet | October 26, 1944 (No. 2271) | Nov 1, 1968 (No. 48) | 185 missions in World War II, a total of 3 days in space ( Soyuz 3 ), later head of cosmonaut training (1972–1987) | ||
| Mikhail Sakharovich Bondarenko | Ukrainians | 1913 | 1947 | Attack pilot, major | June 6, 1942 | May 24, 1943 | 17 missions in the Winter War, 2 aerial victories in 230 missions in the Second World War | ||
| Andrei Yegorowitsch Borowych | Russian | 1921 | 1989 | Fighter pilot, colonel general | Aug 24, 1943 | Feb 23, 1945 | 32 victories (+ involved in 14) in 600 missions in World War II | ||
| Anatoly Jakowlewitsch Brandis | Ukrainians | 1923 | ? | Attack aviator, major general | Feb 23, 1945 | June 29, 1945 | 228 missions in World War II | ||
| Timofei Timofejewitsch Chrjukin | Russian | 1910 | 1953 | Bomber pilot, colonel general | Feb. 2, 1939 | Apr 19, 1945 | Over 100 missions in the Spanish Civil War and the Sino-Japanese War, in the Winter War and in the Second World War, commander of various major aviation units | ||
| Sergei Prokofievich Denisov | Russian | 1909 | 1971 | Fighter pilot, lieutenant general | 4th July 1937 | March 21, 1940 | Assignments in the Spanish Civil War and on the Chalchin Gol, as a commander in the Winter War and in World War II | ||
| Dawid Abramowitsch Dragunski | 1910 | 1992 | Colonel General | 23 Sep 1944 (no.4658) | May 31, 1945 (No. 50) | ||||
| Vladimir Alexandrovich Dschanibekov | Russian (Uzbek) | 1942 | Cosmonaut (5 missions (1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985)) | March 16, 1978 (No. 11298) | March 30, 1981 | a total of 145 days in space on the space stations Salyut 6 and Salyut 7 , member of the Legion of Honor | |||
| Yevgeny Petrovich Fedorov | Russian | 1911 | ? | Long-range bomber pilot, major general | Apr 7, 1940 | June 29, 1945 | 24 missions in the Winter War, 178 missions in the Second World War | ||
| Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko | Russian | 1928 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1969, 1974)) | October 22, 1969 (no.10721) | Dec 11, 1974 | a total of 10 days in space ( Soyuz 7 , Soyuz 16 ) | |||
| Musa Gaisinowitsch Garejew | Bashkirs | 1922 | 1987 | Attack pilot, Colonel | Feb. 23, 1945 (No. 6227) | April 19, 1945 (No. 41) | 250 sorties in World War II | ||
| Dmitri Borisovich Glinka | Ukrainians | 1917 | 1979 | Fighter pilot, Colonel | Apr 21, 1943 | Aug 24, 1943 | 50 aerial victories in 300 missions in World War II | ||
| Viktor Wassiljewitsch Gorbatko | Russian | 1934 | 2017 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1969, 1977, 1980)) | October 22, 1969 (no.10723) | March 5th 1977 | a total of 30 days in space ( Sojus 7 , Sojus 24 , Soyuz 36 / 37 or space station Saljut 6 ) | ||
| Andrei Antonowitsch Grechko | Russian | 1903 | 1976 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Minister of Defense |
Feb. 1, 1958 (No. 10829) | October 16, 1973 (No. 89) | |||
| Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko | Russian | 1931 | 2017 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1975, 1977/1978, 1985)) | Feb. 12, 1975 (No. 11409) | March 16, 1978 | 134 days in total in space ( Soyuz 17 and on the Salyut 6 and Salyut 7 space stations ) | ||
| Alexei Alexandrovich Gubarev | Russian | 1931 | 2015 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1975, 1978)) | Feb. 12, 1975 (No. 11408) | March 16, 1978 | a total of 37 days in space ( Soyuz 17 and Soyuz 28 ), hero of the CSSR, major general of the Soviet naval fleet | ||
| Alexander Sergejewitsch Ivanchenkov | Russian | 1940 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1978, 1982)) | Nov. 2, 1978 (No. 10748) | 2nd July 1982 | a total of 147 days in space ( Salyut 6 and Soyuz T-6 ), Knight of the Legion of Honor , later Deputy Director at RKK Energija | |||
| Alexei Stanislavowitsch Yelissejew | Russian | 1934 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1969 (2 ×), 1971)) | Jan. 22, 1969 | Oct 22, 1969 | a total of eight days in space ( Soyuz 4 / 5 , Soyuz 8 , Soyuz 10 ), and later rector of the Moscow State Technical University | |||
| Leonid Denisovich Kisim | Ukrainians | 1941 | 2010 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1980, 1984, 1986)) | Dec 10, 1980 (no.11448) | Oct 2, 1984 | 374 days in total on Salyut 6 and alternately on Salyut 7 and Mir , later director of the St. Petersburg Military Engineering Academy | ||
| Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk | Belarusians | 1942 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1973, 1978, 1978)) | December 28, 1973 (no.10743) | July 27, 1975 | 78 days in space ( Soyuz 13 , Soyuz 18 , Soyuz 30 ), later director of the cosmonaut training center | |||
| Vladimir Konstantinovich Kokkinaki | Russian | 1904 | 1985 | Test pilot, major general | July 17, 1938 | 1959 | |||
| Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov | Russian | 1927 | 1967 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1964, 1967)) | October 19, 1964 (No. 11226) | Apr. 24, 1967 (posthumous) | a total of 2 days in space ( Woschod 1 , Soyuz 1 ), died in the unrestrained impact of the Soyuz 1 spacecraft , the first cosmonaut to be killed in action | ||
| Ivan Stepanowitsch Konew | Russian | 1897 | 1973 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Deputy Minister of Defense |
July 29, 1944 (no.4600) | June 1, 1945 (No. 55) | |||
| Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovaljonok | Belarusians | 1942 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1977, 1978, 1981)) | Nov. 2, 1978 (No. 10747) | May 26, 1981 | a total of 216 days in space ( Soyuz 25 and two long-term stays on the Salyut 6 ), later director of the Air Force Engineering Academy | |||
| Sydir Kowpak | Russian (Ukrainian) | 1887 | 1967 | Partisan leader, major general, Ukrainian politician | May 18, 1942 (No. 708) | Jan. 4, 1944 (No. 16) | |||
| Valery Nikolayevich Kubasov | Russian | 1935 | 2014 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1969, 1975, 1980)) | Oct. 22, 1969 (No. 10720) | July 22, 1975 | a total of 18 days in space ( Soyuz 6 , Salyut 6 , participant in the Apollo-Soyuz test project ( Soyuz 19 )), later deputy director at RKK Energija | ||
| Pavel Stepanovich Kutachow | Russian | 1914 | 1984 | Soviet fighter pilot, chief marshal of the pilots | May 1, 1943 (No. 1026) | Aug. 15, 1984 (No. 123) | |||
| Valentin Vitalievich Lebedev | Russian | 1942 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1973, 1982)) | December 28, 1973 (no.10744) | Dec 10, 1982 | a total of 219 days in space, later director of the Institute of Geosciences at the Russian Academy of Sciences | |||
| Dmitri Danilowitsch Lelyuschenko | Ukrainians | 1901 | 1987 | Colonel General | April 7, 1940 (No. 264) | Apr 6, 1945 | |||
| Alexei Archipowitsch Leonov | Russian | 1934 | 2019 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1965, 1975)) | March 23, 1965 (No. 11243) | July 22, 1975 | A total of 7 days in space ( Woschod 2 , Soyuz 19 ), first space walk , participant in the Apollo-Soyuz test project , space artist and author | ||
| Vladimir Afanassjewitsch Lyachow | Ukrainians | 1941 | 2018 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1979, 1983, 1988)) | 19 Aug 1979 (no.11428) | Nov 23, 1983 | a total of 333 days in space | ||
| Anatoly Wassiljewitsch Lyapidewski | Russian | 1908 | 1983 | Pilot, Major General of the Aviators | April 26, 1934 (No. 1) | One of the pilots involved in the rescue of the Cheliuskin expedition | |||
| Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov | Russian | 1933 | 2003 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1973, (1975), 1978, 1980)) | Oct. 2, 1973 (No. 10738) | March 16, 1978 | Three space flights, the launch with Soyuz 18-1 in 1975 was canceled. | ||
| Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev | Russian | 1941 | 1999 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1980, 1984)) | June 16, 1980 | Apr 11, 1984 | |||
| Kyrill Semjonowitsch Moskalenko | Russian (Ukrainian) | 1902 | 1985 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Missile Forces Commander in Chief, Deputy Minister of Defense |
October 23, 1943 (No. 2002) | Feb. 21, 1978 (No. 105) | |||
| Andrijan Grigoryevich Nikolayev | Tschuwache | 1929 | 2004 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1962, 1970)), member of the People's Deputies Congress | Aug. 18, 1962 (No. 11116) | 3rd July 1970 | third cosmonaut, first television broadcast from space | ||
| Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin | Russian (Ukrainian) | 1894 | 1986 | Polar explorer | June 27, 1937 (No. 37) | Feb. 3, 1940 (No. 3) | |||
| Mikhail Petrovich Petrov | Russian | 1898 | 1941 | Major General (Commander of the 50th Army ) | June 21, 1937 | Participant in the Spanish Civil War , killed in World War II | |||
| Issa Alexandrovich Pliev | Russian (Ossete) | 1903 | 1979 | Army General | April 16, 1944 (no.3648) | 8 Sep 1945 | Commander of the missile forces in Cuba 1962 | ||
| Leonid Ivanovich Popov | Ukrainians | 1945 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1980, 1981, 1982)) | Oct. 11, 1980 (No. 11446) | May 22, 1981 | a total of 200 days in space, 185 of them as part of the fourth permanent crew of the Salyut 6 space station | |||
| Pavel Romanowitsch Popowitsch | Ukrainians | 1930 | 2009 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1962, 1974)) | Aug 19, 1962 | 20th July 1974 | first Ukrainian and overall fourth cosmonaut, first group flight together with Andrijan Nikolajew | ||
| Konstantin Konstantinowitsch Rokossowski | Pole | 1896 | 1968 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Marshal in Poland, Polish Defense Minister, Inspector General of the Armed Forces, Deputy Soviet Defense Minister |
July 29, 1944 (no.5111) | June 1, 1945 (No. 54) | |||
| Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Rukavischnikow | Russian | 1932 | 2002 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1971, 1974, 1979)), physicist | Apr 30, 1971 (no.10728) | Dec 11, 1974 | first civilian spaceship commander of a Soyuz spaceship | ||
| Boris Feoktistowitsch Safonow | Russian | 1915 | 1942 | Fighter pilot | 16 Sep 1941 | June 14, 1942 (posthumously) | first two-time hero of the Soviet Union in World War II | ||
| Viktor Petrovich Savinych | Russian | 1940 | Cosmonaut (3 missions (1981, 1985, 1988)) | May 26, 1981 (No. 11456) | Dec 20, 1985 | a total of 252 days in space, member of the regular crew of the space stations Salyut 6 and Salyut 7 , later founding rector and president of the University of Geodesy and Cartography in Moscow | |||
| Svetlana Evgenevna Savitskaya | Russian | 1948 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1982, 1984)), test pilot, member of the Supreme Soviet and Russian Duma | Aug. 27, 1982 (No. 11481) | July 29, 1984 | second cosmonaut, a space exit - the only woman to receive this award twice | |||
| Yevgeny Yakovlevich Savitsky | Russian | 1910 | 1990 | Fighter pilot, Marshal of the Aviators | May 11, 1944 | June 2, 1945 | completed 216 sorties in the Second World War and shot down 22 aircraft, father of the cosmonaut → Svetlana Savizkaya | ||
| Vladimir Alexandrovich Shatalov | Russian (Kazakhs) | 1927 | Cosmonaut (3 sorties (1969 (twice), 1971)) | Jan. 22, 1969 (no.10713) | Oct. 22, 1969 (No. 85) | later major general of the Soviet Air Force, director of the cosmonaut training center | |||
| Nikolai Illarionowitsch Semjeiko | Ukrainians | 1923 | 1945 | Attack Airmen | Apr 19, 1945 | June 29, 1945 (posthumous) | completed 227 combat missions in World War II | ||
| Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov | Russian | 1935 | 2010 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1970, 1975)), later Duma deputy | is missing | is missing | a total of 80 days in space, 17 of them on board Soyuz 9 and almost 63 on board Soyuz 18 / Salyut 4 | ||
| Nikolai Mikhailovich Skomorochow | Russian | 1920 | 1994 | Fighter pilot, Marshal of the Aviators | Feb. 28, 1945 | Aug 18, 1945 | completed 605 missions as a fighter pilot during World War II and scored 46 kills and eight group kills | ||
| Jakow Vladimirovich Smuschkewitsch | Lithuanians | 1902 | 1941 | Air Force Commander | June 21, 1937 | Nov 17, 1939 | Headed the air defense of Madrid in the Spanish Civil War , commander of the Soviet air force in the Khalkhin Gol conflict , shot dead in 1941 | ||
| Vladimir Alexeyevich Solovyov | Russian | 1946 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1984, 1986)) | Oct. 2, 1984 (No. 11518) | July 16, 1986 | a total of 361 days in space and alternating use of the Salyut 7 and Mir space stations , later deputy director of the ISS program | |||
| Gennady Michailowitsch Strekalov | Russian | 1940 | 2004 | Cosmonaut (5 missions (1980, (1983), 1983, 1984, 1990, 1995)) | Dec 10, 1980 (no.11449) | Apr 11, 1984 | A total of 268 days in space, regular crew of Mir , in 1983 first take off with Soyuz T-8 , then aborted take off with Soyuz T-10-1 , return in 1995 with STS-71 | ||
| Stepan Pavlovich Suprun | Ukrainians | 1907 | 1941 | Test pilot, fighter pilot and lieutenant colonel | May 20, 1940 | July 22, 1941 (posthumously) | |||
| Semyon Konstantinovich Tymoshenko | Ukrainians | 1895 | 1970 | People's Commissar for Defense at the beginning of the Second World War | May 7, 1940 | Feb. 18, 1965 (No. 46) | |||
| Ivan Danilowitsch Tschernjachowski | Ukrainians | 1906 | 1945 | Army General | October 17, 1943 (No. 1922) | July 29, 1944 | youngest army general in the Red Army | ||
| Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov | Russian | 1900 | 1982 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, member of the Central Committee, inspector of the Minister of Defense | 1944 | 1945 | Chief of the SMAD , Supreme Commander of the GSSD | ||
| Alexander Michailowitsch Wassilewski | Russian | 1895 | 1977 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Minister of Defense, member of the Central Committee | July 29, 1944 (No. 2856), | 8 Sep 1945 (No. 78) | |||
| Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov | Russian | 1935 | 1971 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1969, 1971)) | Oct. 22, 1968 (No. 10722) | June 30, 1971 | died when Soyuz 11 re- entered the earth's atmosphere | ||
| Arseni Wassiljewitsch Voroschejkin | Russian | 1912 | 2001 | Fighter pilot, major general of the aviators | Feb. 4, 1944 | Aug 19, 1944 | |||
| Kliment Eefremovich Voroshilov | Ukrainians | 1881 | 1969 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Minister of Defense, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (Head of State) | 1956 | 1968 | |||
| Sergei Fyodorovich Achromeev | Russian | 1923 | 1991 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of the General Staff | 1982 | Gorbachev's adviser | |||
| Viktor Michailowitsch Afanassjew | Russian | 1948 | Cosmonaut (4 missions (1990/1991, 1994, 1999, 2001)) | is missing | a total of 546 days in space, long-term crew of the Mir , 2001 on the ISS | ||||
| Yuri Petrovich Artyuchin | Russian | 1930 | 1998 | Cosmonaut (1 mission (1974)) | is missing | a total of 15 days in space (with Soyuz 14 ) in action on the space station on Salyut 3 | |||
| Grigory Jakowlewitsch Bakhchivsky | Russian | 1909 | 1943 | Test pilot | Apr. 28, 1973 (posthumous) | died while testing the rocket fighter Bolkhovitinov BI-1 | |||
| Georgi Filippowitsch Baidukow | Russian | 1907 | 1994 | Pilot, Colonel General | July 24, 1937 | ||||
| Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev | Russian | 1925 | 1970 | Cosmonaut (1 mission (1965)) | is missing | a total of 1 day in space on Woschod 2 (together with Alexei Leonow ) | |||
| Ivan Ivanovich Borsow | Russian | 1915 | 1974 | Torpedo bomb pilot, Marshal | July 22, 1944 | 147 missions in World War II, then commander of various sea flying units | |||
| Yevgeny Wassiljewitsch Chrunow | Russian | 1933 | 2000 | Cosmonaut (1 missions (1969)) | Jan. 22, 1969 | 1 day in total in space, start with Soyuz 5 , after switching in space return with Soyuz 4 | |||
| Sergei Alexeyevich Danilin | Russian | 1901 | 1978 | Record pilot, lieutenant general | Sep 1 1937 | 1937 Record long-distance flight with Gromow and Jumaschew over the North Pole to the USA | |||
| Konstantin Ivanovich Dawydow | Russian | 1918 | 1949 | Attack Airmen, Guard Major | Aug 18, 1945 | Fatal accident on October 28, 1949 while transferring a Jak-11 | |||
| Michael Petrovich Devyataev | Russian | 1917 | 2002 | Fighter pilot | Aug 15, 1957 | fled with a He-111 from a POW camp at the Peenemünde Army Research Center and provided information about the state of German missile technology | |||
| Lev Stepanovich Djomin | Russian | 1926 | 1998 | Cosmonaut (1 mission (1974)) | is missing | a total of 2 days in space with Soyuz 15 , coupling with the Salyut 3 space station failed | |||
| Georgi Timofejewitsch Dobrowolski | Ukrainians | 1928 | 1971 | Cosmonaut (1 mission (1971)) | June 30, 1971 (no.10729) | a total of 23 days in space, died when Soyuz 11 re- entered the earth's atmosphere | |||
| Ivan Vasilyevich Doronin | Russian | 1903 | 1951 | Pilot, Colonel | April 20, 1934 | One of the pilots involved in the rescue of the Cheliuskin expedition | |||
| Lev Mikhailovich Dovator | 1903 | 1941 | general | is missing | Commander of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps, fell off Moscow during the counter-offensive | ||||
| Alexander Wassiljewitsch Fedotow | Russian | 1932 | 1984 | Test pilot | 1966 | Set 18 world records on MiG aircraft, fatally crashed while testing the MiG-31 | |||
| Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin | Russian | 1934 | 1968 | Cosmonaut (1 mission (1961)) | Apr. 14, 1961 (no.11175) | First man in space (1961) | |||
| Mark Lazarevich Gallai | Russian | 1914 | 1998 | Test pilot | 1957 | Tested 124 types of aircraft | |||
| Nikolai Franzewitsch Gastello | Russian | 1907 | 1941 | Bomber pilot, captain | July 26, 1941 (posthumously) | ||||
| Lyona Golikov | Russian | 1926 | 1943 | partisan | Apr. 2, 1944 (posthumous) | "Pioneer hero" | |||
| Pavel Sergeevich Grachev | Russian | 1948 | 2012 | Commander in Afghanistan , Russian Defense Minister 1992–1996 | is missing | ||||
| Valentina Stepanovna Grisodubova | Ukrainian | 1909 | 1993 | Long-range pilot, later bomber and test pilot, Member of the Supreme Soviet, Colonel | Nov 2, 1938 | Long-range world record on the ANT-37 in 1938 for women, flight time 26.5 hours, achieved several long-range flight records for women with various crews, together with Raskowa and Ossipenko as the first woman to be awarded | |||
| Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov | Russian | 1899 | 1985 | Long-range pilot, Colonel General of the Aviators, Member of the Supreme Soviet | 28 Sep 1934 | Long-haul flight record on the Tupolev ANT-25 over 12,411 km in 1934, later first director of the LII , deputy commander of the long-distance flight forces , numerous other records | |||
| Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin | Russian | 1927 | 2010 | Test pilot and major general of the aviators | 1960 | on July 14, 1959 with a Sukhoi Su-9 (T-431) absolute world altitude record for aircraft with 28,852 m | |||
| Sigmund Jähn | German | 1937 | 2019 | Cosmonaut (1 mission, 1978), major general of the NVA until 1990, space consultant | 3rd Sep 1978 (no.11303) | first German cosmonaut | |||
| Boris Borissowitsch Jegorow | Russian | 1937 | 1994 | Cosmonaut (1 mission, 1964) | May 8, 1965 | 1 day in total in space on Woschod 1 , third youngest cosmonaut and first doctor in space (October 1964) | |||
| Andrei Ivanovich Jerjomenko | Ukrainians | 1892 | 1970 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, candidate of the Central Committee, deputy in the Supreme Soviet | 1944 | Hero of the ČSSR ( Liberation of Prague ) | |||
| Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin | Russian | 1909 | 1982 | Pilot, Colonel General of the Aviators | April 20, 1934 | One (and the youngest) of the pilots involved in the rescue of the Cheliuskin Expedition, later Colonel General of the Aviators, head of the Soviet cosmonaut training (1960–1971) | |||
| Meliton Kantaria | Georgians | 1920 | 1993 | soldier | 1946 | was at times referred to as the one who is said to have hoisted the Soviet flag on the German Reichstag on April 30, 1945. | |||
| Marat Ivanavich Kasey | Belarusians | 1929 | 1944 | Partisan fighter, child soldier, "pioneer hero" | May 8, 1965 | posthumously; second youngest person to receive this award at the age of 14 | |||
| Soy Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya | Russian | 1923 | 1941 | Partisan | Feb 16, 1942 | posthumously; Heroine of the Soviet Union in World War II | |||
| Valentin Kotik | Ukrainians | 1930 | 1944 | partisan | June 27, 1958 | posthumously; youngest hero of the Soviet Union, "pioneer hero" | |||
| Ernst Theodorowitsch Krenkel | Russian (Estonian) | 1903 | 1971 | Polar explorer, radio operator, member of the rescued crew of the Cheliuskin and the North Pole 1 expedition | is missing | Radio amateur and first President of the Radio Sports Association of the Soviet Union | |||
| Sergei Konstantinowitsch Krikalev | Russian | 1958 | Cosmonaut (6 missions (1988/89, 1991/92, 1994, 1998, 2000/01, 2005), participation in Soviet, Russian and American space missions) | is missing | a total of 803 days in space, stay on Mir , Space Shuttle and ISS , at times space travelers with the longest total stay in space , hero of the Russian Federation | ||||
| Pavel Alexeyevich Kurochkin | Russian | 1900 | 1989 | Army general, commander in high command posts (including SMAD , Warsaw Pact), head of military chemistry, member of the Supreme Soviet | June 29, 1945 | ||||
| Nikolai Sergejewitsch Lazkov | is missing | ||||||||
| Sigismund Alexandrowitsch Levanewski | Russian | 1902 | 1937 | pilot | April 20, 1934 (No .: 4) | One of the pilots involved in the rescue of the Cheliuskin expedition, long-range pilot (1936: 19,000 km), lost during a flight over the Arctic | |||
| Nikolai Grigoryevich Lyashchenko | Russian (Siberian) | 1910 | 2000 | Army general, commander of various military districts, member of the Central Committee, member of the Supreme Soviet | Oct. 4, 1990 (No. 11628) | Honorary citizen of Greifswald | |||
| Mussa Chiramanowitsch Manarov | Azerbaijanis | 1951 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1987/88, 1990/91)) | is missing | a total of 541 days in space, long-term occupation of the Mir | ||||
| Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko | Ukrainians | 1913 | 1963 | Soviet submarine commander | May 1990 (posthumous) | 1945 sank the ships Steuben and Wilhelm Gustloff | |||
| Alexander Matvejewitsch Matrossow | Ukrainians | 1924 | 1943 | soldier | June 19, 1943 (posthumous) | ||||
| Ramón Mercader | Spaniards | 1913 | 1978 | Communist and agent of the NKVD | 1940/1961 (no. 11089) |
murdered Leon Trotsky | |||
| Kirill Afanassjewitsch Merezkow | Russian | 1897 | 1968 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Commander of various military districts, Deputy Minister of Defense | March 21, 1940 (No. 242) | ||||
| Arnold Meri | Estonian | 1919 | 2009 | Army colonel | Aug 15, 1941 | Commander of a section of the front | |||
| Erich Mielke | German | 1907 | 2000 | Minister for State Security of the GDR, Army General | Dec. 28, 1987 | ||||
| Vasily Sergeyevich Molokov | Russian | 1895 | 1982 | Pilot, Major General of the Aviators, MP in the Supreme Soviet | April 20, 1934 | One of the pilots involved in the rescue of the Cheliuskin expedition, involved in the North Pole 1 expedition, major general, managerial functions in civil aviation, The rescue of the Cheliuskin crew was the reason for the foundation of the Order of Heroes of the Soviet Union in 1934 . | |||
| Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin | Russian | 1902 | 1960 | Artillery officer | April 28, 1945 (No. 5442) | involved in the conquest of Vienna, later chief marshal of the artillery , commander in chief of the strategic missile forces , died in the Nedelin catastrophe | |||
| Polina Denisovna Ossipenko | Ukrainian | 1907 | 1939 | pilot | Nov 2, 1938 | achieved several long-haul flight records for women with various crews, together with Grisodubowa and Raskowa as the first woman to be awarded | |||
| Jakow Fedotowitsch Pavlov | Russian | 1917 | 1981 | soldier | June 27, 1945 | defended Pavlov's house in Stalingrad | |||
| Sina Portnowa | Russian | 1926 | 1944 | Partisan ( pioneer hero ) | July 1, 1958 (posthumous) | During the Second World War belonged to a partisan unit of the Komsomol in the Vitebsk region ( Belarus ). Was arrested and murdered by the Germans during a reconnaissance mission in 1944. | |||
| Pyotr Maximovich Ostapenko | Russian | 1928 | 2012 | Test pilot | Apr 26, 1971 | ||||
| Viktor Ivanovich Pazayev | Russian (Kazakhs) | 1933 | 1971 | Cosmonaut (1 mission (1971)) | June 30, 1971 (no.11231) | was the first person to enter a space station ( Salyut 1 ) and died when Soyuz 11 re- entered the earth's atmosphere |
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| Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov | Russian | 1942 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1988/1989, 1994/1995), doctor) | is missing | Long-term mission on the Mir , with 437 days longest stay in space, a total of 678 days in space | ||||
| Marina Mikhailovna Raskova | Russian | 1912 | 1943 | Pilot, major | Nov. 2, 1938 (No. 106) | achieved several long-haul flight records for women with various crews, together with Grisodubowa and Ossipenko as the first woman to be awarded, later commander of a bomber regiment | |||
| Vasily Grigoryevich Saizew | Russian | 1915 | 1991 | soldier | Feb. 22, 1943 (No. 801) | Sniper in Stalingrad | |||
| Georgi Stepanowitsch Schonin | Ukrainians | 1935 | 1997 | Cosmonaut (1 mission (1969)) | is missing | ||||
| Fritz Schmenkel | German | 1916 | 1944 | Partisan in World War II | 1964 (posthumous) | ||||
| Otto Juljewitsch Schmidt | Belarusians | 1891 | 1956 | Geophysicist and Arctic explorer, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR | June 27, 1937 | Organizer of North Pole-1 , first sailed the Northeast Passage | |||
| Lev Michailowitsch Schilzow | is missing | ||||||||
| Boris Gavrilowitsch Schpitalny | Russian | 1902 | 1972 | Weapons designer | 1940 | constructed the SchKAS and SchWAK | |||
| Anatoli Konstantinowitsch Serow | Russian | 1910 | 1939 | Fighter pilot | March 2, 1938 | took part in the Spanish Civil War and shot down eight aircraft in 40 sorties | |||
| Mawriki Trofimowitsch Slepnjow | 1896 | 1965 | pilot | April 20, 1934 | One of the pilots involved in the rescue of the Cheliuskin expedition | ||||
| Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov | Russian | 1908 | 1973 | Oceanologist and polar explorer | 1951 | ||||
| Richard Sorge | Azerbaijanis / German | 1895 | 1944 | spy | 1964 (posthumous) | German spy for the Soviet Union in Japan | |||
| Josef Wissarionowitsch Stalin | Georgians | 1878 | 1953 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, Generalissimo, General Secretary of the CPSU, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union | June 26, 1945 (No. 7931) | ||||
| Viktor Wassiljewitsch Talalichin | Russian | 1918 | 1941 | Fighter pilot | Aug 8, 1941 | rammed an enemy bomber during a night mission | |||
| Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova | Russian | 1937 | Cosmonaut (1 mission (1963)), delegate in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR , member of the Central Committee of the CPSU , member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | is missing | First woman in space | ||||
| German Stepanowitsch Titow | Russian (Siberian) | 1935 | 2000 | Cosmonaut (1 mission (1961)) | Aug 9, 1961 | second cosmonaut, youngest cosmonaut, honorary citizen of Leipzig | |||
| Vladimir Georgievich Titov | Russian (Siberian) | 1947 | Cosmonaut (4 missions (1983, 1987/88, 1995, 1997)) | is missing | a total of 387 days in space, a long-term stay of 366 days on the Mir , two flights with the Space Shuttle | ||||
| Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbuchin | Russian | 1894 | 1949 | Marshal of the Soviet Union, delegate to the Supreme Soviet | May 7, 1965 (posthumous) | ||||
| Valery Pavlovich Chkalov | Russian | 1904 | 1938 | Test pilot | July 20, 1936 | achieved long-haul flight records with various crews (63h flight time, 12,000 km non-stop flight) | |||
| Walter Ulbricht | German | 1893 | 1973 | GDR politician | June 29, 1963 | ||||
| Konstantin Andreevich Vershinin | Russian | 1900 | 1973 | Pilot, main marshal of the aviators, member of the Central Committee, delegate in the Supreme Soviet , temporarily Commander in Chief of the Soviet Air Force | Aug 19, 1944 | ||||
| Mikhail Wassiljewitsch Wodopyanow | Russian | 1899 | 1980 | pilot | April 20, 1934 | One of the pilots involved in the rescue of the Cheliuskin expedition (with Kamanin , among others ), also involved as a pilot in the North Pole-1 expedition , later bomber pilot, major general and writer. | |||
| Boris Walentinowitsch Wolynow | Russian (Siberian) | 1934 | Cosmonaut (2 missions (1969, 1976)) | Jan. 22, 1969 | |||||
| Kuzma Demidowitsch Vysotsky | Ukrainians | 1911 | 1940 | officer | Jan. 15, 1940 | Namesake of the city of Vysotsk | |||
| Nikolai Nikolayevich Melnik | 1953 | 2013 | pilot | October 6, 1987 (No. 11561) | was in 1986 when the reactor disaster at Chernobyl in use | ||||
| Abd al-Hakim Amr | Egyptians | 1919 | 1967 | Egyptian general | May 13, 1964 | ||||
| Abdul Ahad Momand | Afghan | 1959 | Afghan cosmonaut | Sep 7 1988 (no.11584) | |||||
| Sergei Nikolayevich Anochin | Russian | 1910 | 1986 | Test pilot | Feb. 3, 1953 (No. 10865) | ||||
| Otakar Jaroš | Czech | 1912 | 1943 | officer | Apr 17, 1943 | first excellent foreigner | |||
| Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko | Ukrainian | 1916 | 1974 | Sharpshooter, major | October 25, 1943 (No. 1218) | 309 confirmed fatal hits | |||
| Marcel Lefevre | Frenchman | 1918 | 1944 | Pilot of the Normandy-Nyemen Fighter Wing | June 4, 1944 | ||||
| Leonid Petrovich Telyatnikov | Kazakhs | 1951 | 2004 | Fire officer | 25 Sep 1986 | Telyatnikov headed the 2nd paramilitary fire and rescue unit, which was active as a company fire brigade in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and coordinated the extinguishing work after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster . | |||
| Viktor Mykolayovych Kibenok | Kazakhs | Feb. 17, 1963 | 25 Sep 1986 | Fire officer | 25 Sep 1986 | Kibenok headed the 6th Paramilitary Fire and Rescue Unit and commanded its operation immediately after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster . | |||
| Vladimir Pavlovych Pravik | Ukrainians | June 13, 1962 | June 11, 1986 | Fire officer | 25 Sep 1986 | Pravik held the rank of group commander in the 2nd Paramilitary Fire and Rescue Unit. During the Chernobyl nuclear disaster , he was fatally irradiated from fire fighting on the reactor roof. | |||
| Fyodor Grigoryevich Katkow | Russian | 1901 | 1992 | Lieutenant General | 8 Sep 1945 (No. 518) | ||||
| Yefim Grigoryevich Pushkin | Russian | 1899 | 1944 | Lieutenant General | Nov. 9, 1941 (No. 622) | ||||
| Alexei Grigoryevich Rodin | Russian | 1902 | 1955 | Colonel General | Feb. 7, 1943 (No. 783) | ||||
| Ivan Timofejewitsch Schljomin | Russian | 1898 | 1969 | Lieutenant General | July 1, 1945 (No. 4995) | ||||
| Mikhail Nikolayevich Sharochin | Russian | 1898 | 1974 | Colonel General | April 28, 1945 (no.5433) | ||||
| Sergei Kondratjewitsch Gorjunow | Russian | 1899 | 1967 | Colonel General | April 28, 1945 (no.7292) | ||||
| Semyon Pavlovich Ivanov | Russian | 1907 | 1993 | Army General | 8 Sep 1945 (no.7775) | ||||
| Vladimir Karpovich Pikalov | Russian | 1924 | 2003 | Colonel General, Chemical Forces of the USSR | Dec. 24, 1986 | For his great contribution to the successful completion of the liquidation of the Chernobyl accident and to eliminating its aftermath. | |||
| Dmitri Mikhailovich Karbyshev | Russian | 1880 | 1945 | Lieutenant General | Aug 16, 1946 | ||||
| Ludvík Svoboda | Czech | 1895 | 1979 | 1945 Army General 1955 Head of the Klement-Gottwald Military Academy 1968–1975 President of the ČSSR |
Nov. 24, 1965 (no.10708) |
See also
literature
- Wilfried Copenhagen : Lexicon Soviet Aviation. Elbe – Dnjepr, Klitzschen 2007, ISBN 978-3-933395-90-0 .
Web links
- List of the awardees on warheroes.ru with the date of the award (Russian)