List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (B)

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 Notes323rd Artillery RegimentJunior Lieutenant3rd Mechanized BrigadeChief marshal of the armored troops410th Artillery RegimentMajor16th Air ArmyColonel-General of Aviation53rd Guards Tank BrigadeGuards Senior Sergeant163rd Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentGuards Captain Killed in action on 14 October 1944924th Rifle RegimentSenior Lieutenant Killed in action on 1 November 1943100th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentGuards Junior LieutenantPolitical division of the 21st Special Forces Brigade (Ministry of Internal Affairs)Senior Lieutenant  Killed in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War479th Rifle RegimentLieutenant Colonel30th Guards Separate BattalionGuards Senior Sergeant87th Separate Motorized BattalionSergeant305th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Junior Lieutenant5th Guards Mechanized BrigadeGuards Captain868th Rifle RegimentMajor1st Guards aviation regimentGuards Senior Lieutenant57th Frontier DetachmentLance Sergeant647th Rifle RegimentJunior Lieutenant400th Rifle RegimentMajor35th Mechanized BrigadeMajor-General Killed in the Battle of Berlin on 21 April 1945333rd Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Lieutenant Colonel117th Tank BrigadeMajor Killed in action on 6 October 1944116th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Lieutenant125th Separate Anti-tank Fighter BattalionSergant-Major109th Separate Engineer BattalionStaff Sergant663rd artillery regimentSenior Lieutenant140th Separate Reconnaissance DetachmentChief Sergeant5th Guards Cavalry RegimentGuards Junior Sergeant Killed in action on 13 September 1944328th Guards Fighter and Anti-Tank Artillery RegimentGuards Senior Sergeant198th Aviation Assault RegimentSenior Lieutenant434th Fighter Aviation RegimentCaptain218th Guards Rifle RegimentRed Army Guard10th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation RegimentCaptain609th Rifle RegimentLance Sergeant550th Rifle Regiment Guards Senior Lieutenant78th Guards Rifle RegimentRed Army Guard8th Separate Flamethrower BattalionRed Army Man671st Artillery RegimentSenior Sergeant785th Rifle RegimentSenior Lieutenant78th Guards RegimentGuards Sergeant Killed in Action on 29 September 19439th Guards Mine Torpedo Aviation RegimentGuards Sergeant-Major5th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentGuards Senior Lieutenant1259th Rifle RegimentSenior Sergeant400th Rifle RegimentLieutenant206th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Lieutenant1176th Rifle Regiment Lieutenant1st Baltic FrontMinistry of Defense of the USSRMarshal of the Soviet UnionTwice Hero of the Soviet Union71st Rifle RegimentLieutenant Colonel268th Separate Engineering Battalion Staff Sergant9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Guards Senior Lieutenant50th Separate Motorized Engineering BattalionJunior Lieutenant Killed in action on 8 July 1941342nd Rifle RegimentRed Army man4th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentGuards Captain309th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Sergeant74th Guards Rifle DivisionGuards Major-General696th Rifle RegimentLieutenant9th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Captain Killed in action on 8 April 1944218th Rifle DivisionGuards Colonel434th Fighter RegimentSenior Lieutenant34th Guards Rifle CorpsGuards Major-General2nd separate regimentRed Army man67th Guards Rifle DivisionGuards Major-General1129th Rifle RegimentMajor Killed in action on 5 October 1944229th Rifle RegimentCaptain105th Guards Rifle Regiment Red Army Guard Died of wounds sustained in battle and buried in Odessa135th Guards Bomber Aviation RegimentGuards Major144th Guards Ground Attack Air RegimentGuards Captain399th Rifle RegimentSergeant609th Rifle RegimentCommissar Killed in action on 12 December 1939 during the Winter War120th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Senior Lieutenant67th Guards Separate BattalionGuards Lieutenant218th Assault Aviation Regiment Senior LieutenantFighter pilot instructorMajor431st Assault Aviation RegimentSenior Lieutenant1065th Rifle RegimentJunior Lieutenant30th Guards Artillery RegimentGuards Senior Lieutenant18th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentGuards Senior Lieutenant Killed in action on 30 December 1944Spanish Civil WarCaptain22nd Fighter Aviation RegimentCaptain Died of wounds in Choibalsan during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol on 13 July 193934th Separate Tank Regiment Senior Lieutenant95th Guards Ground Attack Aviation RegimentGuards Senior Lieutenant402nd Fighter Aviation RegimentCaptain6th Long-Range Bomber Aviation RegimentMajor28th Guards Separate BattalionRed Army Guard Killed in action on 26 September 19438th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment Captain24th Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment Captain1st Motorized Rifle BattalionCaptain Killed in action on 25 September 194392nd Guards Ground Attack Aviation RegimentGuard Lieutenant109th Guards Rifle DivisionGuards Colonel1st Guards Mine-Torpedo Aviation RegimentGuards Captain690th Rifle RegimentSenior Lieutenant514th Rifle RegimentSenior Sergeant147th Rifle RegimentSenior Sergant Killed in action on 25 July 194313th Guards Aviation RegimentGuards Major243rd Rifle RegimentSergeant-Major Killed in action on 10 February 1945538th Rifle RegimentJunior Lieutenant54th Guards Cavalry RegimentRed Army Guard60th Guards Cavalry RegimentGuards Senior Lieutenant346th Rifle RegimentJunior Lieutenant247th Fighter RegimentCaptain3rd Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentGuards Captain7th Guards Mechanized BrigadeGuards Senior Sergeant1054th Rifle RegimentSenior Sergeant68th Rifle RegimentSenior Sergeant Killed in action on 29 June 1944270th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Sergeant19th Guards Aviation RegimentGuards Captain1st Guards Mine-torpedo Aviation RegimentGuards Captain136th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards CaptainMistakenly believed to be posthumous376th Rifle RegimentJunior Lieutenant10th Separate Guards BattalionRed Army Guard Killed in action on 12 May 19431369th Rifle RegimentRed Army man118th Guards Artillery RegimentGuards Senior Lieutenant1006th Rifle RegimentLance Sergeant22nd Guards Bomber Aviation RegimentGuards Lieutenant Colonel6th Independent Guards Ground Attack Aviation RegimentGuards Senior Lieutenant424th Tank BattalionGuard Senior Sergeant73rd Guards Rifle DivisionGuards Sergeant60th Mixed Aviation DivisionLieutenant Killed in action on 2 December 1941289th Rifle RegimentSergeant41st Division of Northern Submarine FleetCaptain529th Rifle RegimentSenior Lieutenant957th Rifle RegimentRed Army man315th Tank BattalionSenior Lieutenant54th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentGuards Captain78th Guards Rifle RegimentRed Army Guard355th Separate Marine Corps BattalionRed Navy man Killed in action on 14 August 1945Vladivostok 1st Battalion DivisionLieutenant Captain4th Tank CompanyGuards Senior Sergeant181st Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentGuards Captain65th Rifle RegimentJunior political instructor35th Aviation Assault RegimentSenior Lieutenant17th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Lieutenant Colonel42nd Rifle RegimentRed Army man Killed in action on 15 October 194379th Tank BrigadeSergeant109th Guards Rifle RegimentRed Army Guard Went missing in action in November 1943 and presumed dead.5th Guards Artillery RegimentGuards Corporal616th Rifle RegimentCorporal28th Tank RegimentGuards Lieutenant22nd Guards IndependentGuards Lieutenant Colonel291st Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Senior Lieutenant355th Separate Marine Corps BattalionMajor252nd Rifle RegimentCorporal Captured, tortured, and executed on 5 July 1944947th Aviation Assault RegimentSenior Lieutenant299th Guards Artillery RegimentGuard Senior Sergeant93rd Rifle RegimentLieutenant1st Guards Mechanized BrigadeGuards Captain13th Light Tank BrigadeColonel1st Guards Cavalry CorpsLieutenant-General111th Rifle RegimentLieutenant135th Separate Reconnaissance CompanySenior Lieutenant807th Aviation Assault RegimentSenior Lieutenant487th Rifle RegimentSenior Lieutenant183rd Fighter RegimentSenior Lieutenant239th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Junior Sergeant157th Fighter Aviation RegimentJunior Lieutenant213th Rifle DivisionLieutenant Colonel1st Separate DetachmentSenior Seaman1372nd Rifle RegimentLieutenant Colonel139th Tank RegimentSenior Lieutenant5th Guards Bomber Aviation RegimentGuards Junior Lieutenant108th Tank BrigadeColonel22nd Guards Artillery RegimentGuards Senior Lieutenant752nd Bomber Aviation RegimentSenior Lieutenant1178th Rifle RegimentLieutenant Colonel34th Motorized Rifle RegimentLance Sergeant Killed in action on 9 November 1942 after using body as human shield to cover a bunker37th Assault Aviation RegimentMajor115th Guards Fighter and Anti-Tank Artillery RegimentGuards Senior Sergeant691st Artillery RegimentLieutenant39th Artillery Cannon Brigade Senior Lieutenant366th Close-range Bomber Aviation RegimentMajor305th Guards Rifle RegimentRed Army GuardSoviet Black Sea FleetCaptain26th Guards Mechanized BrigadeGuards Major-General101st Mortar RegimentSenior Lieutenant Killed in action on 24 August 194495th Rifle RegimentJunior platoon commander73rd Guards Separate Anti-tank BattalionRed Army Guard1050th Rifle RegimentSenior Lieutenant111th Separate Reconnaissance CompanySenior Sergeant591st Fighter Aviation RegimentJunior Lieutenant Killed in action on 20 May 194223rd Tank BrigadeJunior Political Instructor12th Guards Dive Bomber Aviation RegimentGuards Captain8th Guards Independent Motorized BattalionGuard Lieutenant18th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentGuards Captain35th Border DetachmentMajor3rd Belorussian FrontColonel-General 12th Assault Air DivisionColonelAzov Naval FlotillaRed Navy Man897th Fighter RegimentMajorReconnaissance Detachment of the Northern FleetCaptain118th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation RegimentMajor144th Anti-tank Artillery RegimentCaptain753rd Rifle RegimentSenior Sergeant300th Guards Rifle RegimentRed Army Guard1007th Light Artillery RegimentRed Army man93rd Guards Rifle RegimentGuard Senior Sergeant326th Tank BattalionSenior Sergeant165th Guards Ground Attack Aviation RegimentGuards Lieutenant291st Fighter RegimentMajor51st Separate Motorized BattalionCorporal562nd Rifle RegimentMajor2nd Engineering CompanySenior Lieutenant360th Rifle RegimentRed Army man26th Anti-tank Artillery BrigadeColonel1893rd Separate Artillery RegimentLieutenant Colonel1118th Rifle RegimentRed Army man89th Rifle RegimentColonel191st Guards Rifle Regiment Guards Sergeant-Major Committed suicide in action with last grenade on 17 February 14415th Guards Airborne RegimentGuard Lieutenant239th Fighter Aviation RegimentCaptain126th Guards Rifle RegimentRed Army Guard229th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Major437th Rifle RegimentCaptain611th Fighter Aviation RegimentMajorNKVDJunior Commander128th Mortar RegimentSenior Sergeant282nd Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Lieutenant35th Aviation Assault RegimentSenior Lieutenant208th Aviation Assault RegimentCaptainChief of StaffGeneral734th Rifle RegimentCaptain65th ArmyLieutenant-General;Colonel-GeneralTwice Hero of the Soviet Union765th Rifle RegimentLieutenant-Colonel120th Separate Tank BrigadeSenior Lieutenant463rd Rifle RegimentJunior Lieutenant104th Separate BattalionSenior Sergeant71st Aviation RegimentSenior Lieutenant36th Guards Tank BrigadeGuards Lieutenant163rd Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentGuards Captain Killed in action on 30 September 1944545th Rifle RegimentMajor53rd Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentCaptain523rd Fighter Aviation RegimentCaptain42nd Rifle RegimentRed Army man267th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Senior Sergeant Killed in action on 30 September 1943239th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards Lieutenant11th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation RegimentCaptain12th Guards Rifle DivisionGuards Major2nd Bomber Aviation RegimentJunior Commander176th Guards Rifle RegimentGuards CaptainKilled self and surrounding enemy forces with last grenade on 9 February 1944120th Rifle RegimentColonel1038th Rifle RegimentLieutenant615th Rifle RegimentSenior Lieutenant190th Aviation Assault RegimentLieutenant Colonel43rd Guards Grou