The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The title was awarded both to civilian and military persons.
The 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Tank Division ,, is a Guards armoured division of the Russian Ground Forces. It is named after Yuri Andropov.
Aleksej Vladimirovich Vysotsky was a Soviet Union journalist and author, as well as a hero of World War II who attained the rank of Colonel.
The 79th Guards Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II.
Gleb Vladimirovich Baklanov was a Soviet Army colonel general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Vladimir Avramovich Aleksenko was a ground-attack aviation squadron and regimental commander during World War II who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded his first Hero of the Soviet Union award for making 107 attack sorties, and his second award was for making another 143 sorties, but by the end of the war he reached a total of 292 attack sorties. After the war he remained in the military, becoming a became a Lieutenant general after graduation from the Military Academy of the General Staff. Between 1967 and 1974, he commanded the 5th Air Army.
Aleksandr Alekseyevich Golovachev was a Red Army colonel twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of the 23rd Guards Motor Rifle Brigade of the 7th Guards Tank Corps of the Red Army during the World War II.
The 70th Guards Rifle Division was formed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in February, 1943, based on the 1st formation of the 138th Rifle Division in recognition of that division's actions during the battle, and served in that role until well after the end of the Great Patriotic War.
The 5th Guards Cavalry Division was a military unit in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Great Patriotic War.
The 36th Rifle Division was a division of the Red Army and then the Soviet Army. The division was formed in 1919 as the 36th Rifle Division and fought in the Russian Civil War and the Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929. In 1937 it became the 36th Motorized Division. The division fought in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol. It was converted into a motor rifle division in 1940 and fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in World War II. Postwar, it became a rifle division again before its disbandment in 1956. The division spent almost its entire service in the Soviet Far East.
The 37th Guards "Rechitsa" Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army which fought during World War II.
Sabir Umaruly Rakhimov was a Red Army Major general and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Rakhimov fought in World War II and commanded the 37th Guards Rifle Division from November 1944. Rahimov was killed by shrapnel from an artillery shell in Gdańsk during the East Pomeranian Offensive. During the Soviet period Rakhimov was considered national hero, as he was the first Red Army general officer from Uzbekistan. Metro stations, streets, schools and other places in Uzbekistan were named after Rakhimov. However, these were all renamed during 2010 and 2011 as part of a campaign by Islam Karimov to remove Soviet influence.
Habibullah Huseynov was an Iranian Azerbaijani Red Army colonel and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Huseynov emigrated to Baku, working as a loader and a fitter. He was drafted into the Red Army on a Komsomol direction in 1928 and became an artillery officer. He was arrested and imprisoned as an Iranian spy during the Great Purge. He was released months later and became an anti-aircraft artillery battalion commander, serving in this role during World War II.
Vladimir Fedorovich Vladimirov was a Red Army Lieutenant during World War II and a Hero of the Soviet Union. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his actions during the Battle of the Dnieper. Vladimirov was killed in action during December 1943.
Vladimir Yegorovich Kabanov was a Soviet Air Force captain and Hero of the Soviet Union. Kabanov was awarded the title for flying 114 attack sorties during World War II. Kabanov continued to serve in the Soviet Air Force until his retirement in 1958. He worked as a goods manager in Krasnodar.
Vladimir Petrovich Kudashov (1918 – 1976) was a Soviet soldier of World War II and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Vladimir Alexeyevich Saprykin (Russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Сапры́кин; 24 August 1916 – 24 April 1990) was a Red Army captain and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Saprykin became a Red Army officer and was a regimental assistant chief of staff when he was caught in the Spas-Demensk pocket in October 1941. Saprykin escaped and reached Soviet lines. He was sent to an NKVD filtration camp, where it was decided that Saprykin had committed treason. He was sent to a penal battalion, where he was wounded. Saprykin became a company commander, regimental chief of staff, and battalion commander in the 144th Rifle Division.
Lyudmila Stepanovna Kravets was a medic in the 63rd Guards Rifle Regiment during World War II. For her actions in the war, she was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 31 May 1945.
Vladimir Yegorovich Shalimov was a Soviet pilot who was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for executing a "fire taran" attack when he intentionally flew his plane into enemy positions on the ground after his aircraft was bombarded by anti-aircraft fire.
Vladimir Ivanovich Bobrov was a Soviet fighter pilot and a flying ace in both Spanish Civil War and the Great Patriotic War. By the most reliable estimates, his tally stands between 19 solo and five shared to 23 solo and eleven shared shootdowns during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Soviet Union in 1991.
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