This is a list of people who have been awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation.
It has been awarded more than 970 times, of which more than 440 were posthumously.
The State Prize of the Russian Federation, officially translated in Russia as Russian Federation National Award, is a state honorary prize established in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates and the status of the award were significantly changed, making them closer to such awards as the Nobel Prize or the Soviet Lenin Prize.