The Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction of the Soviet Union. It was awarded 12,775 times. Due to the large size of the list, it has been broken up into multiple pages.
Military personnel Name Unit Rank Date of award Notes 1087th Infantry Regiment LieutenantKilled in action on 28 August 1943 1334th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment Junior Sergeant 606th Infantry Regiment Junior CommissarKilled in action on 18 November 1941 68th Guards Tank Regiment Guard Captain 383rd Infantry Regiment Staff Sergeant 69th Mechanized Brigade Colonel 26th Separate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment Guard StarshinaKilled in action on 21 June 1944 79th Guards Infantry Division Guard Major-General 175th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Junior Lieutenant 128th Mortar Regiment Major 216th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Lieutenant Colonel 4th Guards Airborne Regiment Red Army Guard 30th Infantry Regiment Sergeant 6th Bomber Aviation Regiment Major 330th Infantry Regiment Junior LieutenantKilled in action on 8 March 1940 1st Separate Czechoslovak Tank Brigade CaptainKilled in action on 6 April 1945 219th Tank Brigade Lieutenant Colonel 8th Guards Army Guard Major-General 206th Infantry Regiment CaptainKilled in action on 6 December 1944 111th Tank Brigade Junior LieutenantKilled in action on 20 December 1943 940th Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 1118th Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 949th Assault Aviation Regiment Captain 1031th Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 179th Fighter Aviation Regiment Major 957th Infantry Regiment Junior Lieutenant 363th Infantry Regiment Corporal 5th Separate High-speed Bomber Aviation Regiment Captain 341th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Staff Sergeant 91st Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Staff SergeantKilled in action on 18 April 1944 334th Long-range Aviation Regiment Captain 307th Infantry Regiment Lieutenant ColonelKilled in action on 24 April 1945 842nd Infantry Regiment Junior Lieutenant 932nd Infantry Regiment Junior Lieutenant 232nd Mortar Regiment SergeantKilled in action on 5 July 1943 986th Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 696th Anti-Tank Fighter Artillery Regiment Staff Sergeant 836th Infantry Regiment Captain 271th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Lieutenant 174th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Staff Sergeant 384th Separate Marine Corps Battalion of the Black Sea Fleet Starshina 2nd ClassKilled in action on 27 March 1944 415th Infantry Regiment Lieutenant 259th Infantry Regiment SergeantDied of wounds on 1 August 1944 18th Tank Regiment 47th Mechanized Brigade Senior LieutenantKilled in action on 8 February 1945 156th Separate Anti-Tank Fighter Division SergeantKilled in action on 29 January 1945 200th Guards Light Artillery Regiment Guard Staff Sergeant 483th Separate Sapper Battalion StarshinaKilled in action on 28 March 1945 First Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR Army General 218th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Junior Sergeant 239th Infantry Regiment SergeantKilled in action on 25 July 1943 Intelligence Officer of the Committee of State Security Colonel 459th Mortar Regiment Lieutenant 21st Separate Pontoon-Bridge Battalion Red Army Man 737th Fighter Aviation Regiment Major 47th Infantry Regiment Colonel 530th Anti-tank Fighter Regiment Senior Lieutenant 23rd Guards Separate Tank Brigade Guard Lieutenant 165th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 116th Artillery Regiment Captain KGB Colonel 95th Guards Infantry Regiment Red Army Guard 30th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment Captain 151st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Guard Captain 269th Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 101st Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 102nd Infantry Regiment Captain 102nd Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Junior Lieutenant 1137th Light Artillery Regiment Junior Lieutenant 936th Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 312th Assault Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 10th Guards Long-Range Aviation Regiment Guard Captain 325th Infantry Regiment ComissarKilled in action on 2 August 1941 175th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Corporal 68th Separate Sapper Battalion Corporal 81st Infantry Regiment Junior Commander 173rd Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Major 11th Light Tank Brigade Senior Lieutenant 340th Long-Range Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 198th Assault Aviation Regiment Captain 269th Infantry Regiment Staff Sergeant 44th Fighter Aviation Division Senior Comissar 42nd Long-Range Aviation Regiment CaptainKilled in action on 8 September 1943 53rd Guards Tank Brigade Guard Lieutenant 1964th Anti-Tank Fighter Regiment LieutenantKilled in action on 9 August 1944 130th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard SergeantKilled in action on 15 January 1943 342nd Infantry Regiment LieutenantKilled in action on 28 March 1945 1st Guards Cavalry Regiment Guard Staff SergeantKilled in action on 24 January 1945 1st Guards Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment Guard Captain 605th Infantry Regiment Lieutenant ColonelKilled in action on 28 January 1943 50th Guards Cavalry Regiment Guard CaptainKilled in action on 31 January 1944 1st Guards Army Guard Major-GeneralKilled in action on 7 August 1944 713th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Lieutenant Colonel 13th Light Tank Brigade Red Army Man 19th Tank Corps Lieutenant General 184th Guards Infantry Regiment Red Army Guard 9th Separate Motorized Pontoon-Bridge Battalion Sergeant 1075th Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 1289th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Mechanized Corps Captain 46th Tank Regiment Senior LieutenantKilled in action on 24 August 1944 108th Separate Anti-Tank Fighter Division Captain 75th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Lieutenant 148th Guards Artillery-Mortar Regiment Guard Starshina 4th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 696th Infantry Regiment Staff Sergeant 24th Guards Infantry Corps Guard Major-General 2nd Special Guerrilla Brigade Lieutenant Colonel 594th Assault Aviation Regiment Captain 107th Infantry Regiment Junior Sergeant 528th Infantry Regiment Junior Sergeant 21st Motorized Engineer-Sapper Brigade Captain 3rd Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade Senior Lieutenant 17th Guards Infantry Division Guard ColonelKilled in action on 15 August 1945 154th Naval Infantry Brigade MidshipmanKilled in action on 23 February 1942 2nd Battery of an Anti-Tank Fighter Artillery Regiment SergeantKilled in action in Spring 1944 311th Infantry Regiment Junior Sergeant 1318th Infantry Regiment Junior Lieutenant 1085th Infantry Regiment Red Army ManKilled in action on 30 August 1943 91st Separate Engineer Battalion Staff Sergeant 105th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Lieutenant 79th Infantry Corps Colonel 44th Guards Cannon-Artillery Brigade Guard Sergeant 33rd Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Staff SergeantKilled in action on 14 March 1943 75th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Junior Lieutenant 177th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard LieutenantKilled in action on 18 April 1945 21st Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant Separate Submachine Infantry Training Company Sergeant 62nd Assault Aviation Regiment LieutenantKilled in action on 15 October 1944 Separate Anti-aircraft Company of the 75th Guards Infantry Division Guard Senior Lieutenant 176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Guard Lieutenant 21st Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 9th Guards Mechanized Brigade Guard Junior SergeantKilled in action on 8 September 1943 337th Separate Sapper Battalion Red Army Man Deep-sea researcher Captain 3rd Class 355th Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 212th Airborne Brigade Sergeant 107th Separate Pontoon-Bridge Battalion Staff Sergeant 728th Fighter Aviation Regiment Captain 617th Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 40th Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel 417th Separate Reconnaissance Company Staff Sergeant 492nd Anti-Tank Fighter Artillery Regiment Lieutenant 739th Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel 361st Separate Cannon-Artillery Battalion Lieutenant 1248th Anti-Tank Fighter Artillery Regiment Sergeant 81st Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment Junior LieutenantKilled in action on 28 August 1941 23rd Guards Motorized Infantry Brigade Guard Starshina 764th Infantry Regiment Red Army ManKilled in action on 13 August 1943 159th Fighter Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 9th Guards Tank Corps Guard Major-General 334th Infantry Regiment LieutenantKilled in action on 26 June 1944 1st Guards Separate Sapper Battalion Guard Lieutenant 219th Tank Brigade Junior Lieutenant 969th Infantry Regiment Staff Sergeant 18th Guards Howitzer Artillery Brigade Guard Captain Separate Reconnaissance Company of the 1st Infantry Division Starshina 1st Guards Assault Engineer-Sapper Brigade Guard Colonel 3rd Guards Motorized Battalion Red Army GuardCaptured and tortured to death on 13 April 1944 309th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Staff SergeantKilled in action on 6 November 1944 3rd Armoured Vessel Division of the Azov Flotilla Senior Lieutenant 178th Guards Infantry Regiment Red Army Guard 422nd Infantry Regiment Staff Sergeant 396th Separate Special-Purpose Aviation Regiment Starshina 60th Guards Cavalry Regiment Guard StarshinaKilled in action on 16 February 1945 100th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard MajorKilled in action on 30 September 1943 117th Tank Brigade Staff SergeantKilled in action on 18 September 1944 722nd Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 1008th Infantry Regiment Staff Sergeant 1185th Infantry Regiment LieutenantKilled in action on 25 September 1943 288th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 27th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment Guard Captain 118th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment Captain 759th Infantry Regiment Staff Sergeant 26th Guards Airborne Regiment Guard Staff Sergeant 181st Tank Brigade Captain 55th Guards Tank Brigade Guard Staff Sergeant 155th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Captain 83rd Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Guard Lieutenant Colonel 52nd Guards Tank Brigade Guard Junior Sergeant 5th Marine Corps Brigade SergeantKilled in action on 10 December 1941 933rd Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 76th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Captain 1817th Self-propelled Artillery Regiment LieutenantKilled in action on 20 November 1943 78th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Staff Sergeant 270th Separate Anti-Tank Fighter Division Lieutenant 147th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Guard Captain 4th Guards Long-Range Aviation Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 140th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard SergeantKilled in action on 3 February 1945 310th Infantry Regiment Junior Sergeant 98th Separate Corrective-Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment Major 79th Guards Separate Reconnaissance Company Guard Junior Lieutenant 4th Air Army Colonel-General of Aviation Ship "Щ-311" of the Baltic Fleet Lieutenant Captain 331st Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 28th Guards Separate Sapper Battalion Guard SergeantKilled in action on 26 September 1943 1232nd Infantry Regiment Lieutenant 938th Infantry Regiment SergeantKilled in action on 24 June 1944 100th Separate Motorized Pontoon-Bridge Battalion Junior Lieutenant 136th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 1330th Anti-Tank Fighter Artillery Regiment Corporal 25th 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