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 11th Guards Separate Motorized Reconnaissance Regiment Red Army Guard 566th Assault Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 1052nd Infantry Regiment Captain 7th Separate Motorized Pontoon-and-Bridge Battalion Red Army Man Black Sea Fleet Staff Sergeant Killed in action on 14 October 1943 703rd Infantry Regiment Staff Sergeant Killed in action on 9 November 1944 32nd Motorized Rifle Brigade Sergeant 438th Fighter Aviation Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Killed in action on 7 October 1944 while performing an aerial ramming 176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Guard Senior LieutenantDied of wounds on 11 July 1951 838th Infantry Regiment Starshina Killed in action on 25 September 1943 Baltic Fleet Captain 1st class 227th Artillery Regiment Starshina 196th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Junior Sergeant 175th Separate Sapper Battalion Senior Lieutenant 25th Guards Long-Range Aviation Regiment Guard Major 4th Tank Army Lieutenant General 551st Separate Sapper Battalion Sergeant 212th Anti-Aircraft Brigade Red Army Man 12th Fighter Aviation Regiment Major 71st Mechanized Brigade Staff Sergeant 29th Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 314th Artillery Regiment Sergeant Killed in action on 11 August 1943 133rd Fighter Aviation Regiment Major 7th Trawler Division of the Baltic Fleet Lieutenant Captain 78th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Staff Sergeant 1664th Anti-tank Fighter Artillery Regiment Senior Lieutenant Killed in action on 12 September 1943 74th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Lieutenant 1035th Infantry Regiment Sergeant Died of wounds on 2 October 1943 230th Separate Sapper Battalion Sergeant 448th Infantry Regiment Starshina 389th Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 1144th Infantry Regiment Captain Killed in action on 21 October 1943 69th Tank Brigade Colonel Killed in action on 11 November 1943 340th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Sergeant 45th Mechanized Brigade Guard Lieutenant Colonel 955th Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 197th Guards Artillery Regiment Guard Sergeant Killed in action on 14 October 1943 143rd Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Captain 51st Separate Motorized Sapper Battalion Senior Lieutenant 387th Infantry Regiment Commissar 113th Guards Infantry Regiment Major Killed in action on 10 January 1943 3rd Infantry Battalion 81st Separate Marine Rifle Brigade Red Army Man Killed in action on 25 July 1943 after using body as human shield over a machine gun to save his comrades 34th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Junior Sergeant 23rd Guards Cavalry Regiment Guard Captain 347th Fighter Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 606th Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Killed in action on 18 November 1941 71st Tank Regiment Captain 783rd Assault Aviation Regiment Junior Lieutenant 25th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 151st Infantry Regiment Junior Sergeant 764th Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel 794th Infantry Regiment Junior Lieutenant 151st Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 17th Guards Mechanized Brigade Red Army Guard 481st Separate Sapper Battalion Staff Sergeant 45th Guards Cavalry Regiment Guard Staff Sergeant Killed in action on 25 December 1944 491st Separate Mortar Regiment Staff Sergeant 17th Artillery Regiment Starshina 18th Separate Marine Corps Coastal Defense Battalion of the Black Sea Fleet Seaman Killed in action on 7 November 1941820th Assault Aviation Regiment155th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Senior LieutenantGuard MajorTwice Hero of the Soviet Union 118th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 448th Assault Aviation Regiment Major 951st Assault Aviation RegimentLieutenant 565th Infantry Regiment Private 278th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Sergeant Killed in action on 23 September 1944 988th Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel 237th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Sergeant Killed in action on 13 January 1944 22nd Guards Separate Tank Regiment Guard Starshina 465th Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 28th Infantry Corps Guard Lieutenant-General 384th Separate Marine Corps Battalion of the Black Sea Fleet SeamanKilled in action on 27 March 1944 88th Tank Brigade Lieutenant 74th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Senior LieutenantKilled in action on 6 July 1944 26th Guards Tank Brigade Guard Sergeant Died of wounds on 15 March 1944 Chief of the Black Sea Higher Naval School named after P.S. Nakhimov Admiral 106th Separate Anti-tank Fighter Division Staff Sergeant 966th Artillery Regiment Junior Sergeant 9th Separate Pontoon-and-Bridge Battalion Staff Sergeant 1991th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment Senior Lieutenant Killed in action on 5 April 1944 873rd Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 293rd Fighter Aviation Regiment Captain 453rd Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 100th Guards Mortar Regiment Guard Starshina 143rd Guards Assault Aviation RegimentGuard Lieutenant 92nd Engineering and Tank Regiment Lieutenant Killed in action on 8 March 1945 541st Infantry Regiment Junior Commander 189th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Captain 60th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Junior Sergeant Killed in action on 27 March 1944 120th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Private 703rd Separate Communications Company Junior Lieutenant 657th Assault Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 113th Infantry Corps Lieutenant-General 312th Assault Aviation Regiment Lieutenant Commander of the TK-208 submarine Captain 1st Class 193rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Major 375th Artillery Regiment Red Army Man 384th Separate Marine Corps Battalion of the Black Sea Fleet Senior Lieutenant Killed in action on 27 March 1944 1455th Self-propelled Artillery Regiment Guard Junior Lieutenant 26th Guards Tank Brigade Guard Junior Lieutenant Died of wounds on 22 August 1944 40th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Lieutenant 10th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Captain 329th Separate Communications Company Red Army Man 1317th Infantry Regiment Captain 447th Infantry Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 828th Assault Aviation Regiment Lieutenant 54th Infantry Regiment Staff Sergeant Killed in action on 8 March 1942 164th Fighter Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 134th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 886th Artillery Regiment Junior Sergeant 186th Separate Spetnaz Task Force Senior LieutenantKilled in action on 31 October 1987 107th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Starshina 130th Separate Anti-tank Fighter Artillery Division Staff Sergeant Killed in action on 1 December 1943 37th Guards Infantry Division Guard Colonel 163rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 120th Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 6th Guards Infantry Division Major General 95th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Captain 129th Fighter Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 3rd Guards Tank Army Guard ColonelKilled in action on 5 October 1943 1052nd Infantry Regiment Red Army ManKilled in action on 3 February 1945 after suicide-attacking an approaching German tank with grenades 29th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Junior SergeantKilled in action on 622nd Assault Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 40th Guards Separate Mortar Battalion Guard Major 191st Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment MajorKilled in action on 17 May 1982 955th Infantry Regiment Red Army ManKilled in action on 22 September 1943 111th Rifle Division Junior Lieutenant 511th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation RegimentSenior Lieutenant Killed in action on 2 April 1945 155th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 219th Infantry Regiment Junior Sergeant 40th Infantry Regiment CaptainKilled in action on 22 September 1944 1069th Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 569th Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 32nd Guards Fighter Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 199th Motorized Rifle Regiment Junior Sergeant 307th Guards Infantry Regiment Red Army Guard 125th Tank Battalion Major 1187th Anti-Tank Artillery Fighter Regiment Senior Lieutenant 835th Infantry Regiment Junior Sergeant Went missing in action in October 1943 and presumed deceased 124th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Junior Lieutenant Killed in action on 16 August 1943 6th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Junior Sergeant 44th Guards Tank Brigade Senior LieutenantKilled in action on 2 March 1945 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 132nd Guards Artillery Regiment Guard Senior Lieutenant 6th Guards Mechanized Corps Guard ColonelKilled in action on 19 March 1945 113th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Guard Captain 98th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 509th Infantry Regiment 236th Colonel 743rd Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 31st High-Speed Bomber Aviation Regiment CaptainKilled in action on 11 March 1940 70th Fighter Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 848th Infantry Regiment StarshinaKilled in action on 7 May 1944 121st Guards Regiment of the 43rd Guards Latvian Rifle Division Guard CaptainKilled in action on 3 August 1944 7th Guards Aviation Regiment Guard Major 65th Tank Brigade of the 11th Tank Corps Senior Lieutenant 336th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment Captain 994th Infantry Regiment Staff SergeantKilled in action on 18 January 1945 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Guard Captain Killed in action on 15 March 1943 707th Assault Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant Killed in action on 3 April 1945 787th Infantry Regiment Major Killed in action on 26 December 1943 21st Separate Heavy Bomber Aviation Squadron Captain 11th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant 41st Tank Brigade Captain Killed in action on 22 July 1944 56th Engineer-Sapper Brigade Lieutenant 26th Guards Airborne Regiment Guard Lieutenant Colonel 683rd Artillery Regiment Sergeant 321st Guards Anti-tank Fighter Artillery Regiment Guard Major 43rd Fighter Aviation Regiment Major 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division Guard Major-General 276th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Captain 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade Guard ColonelKilled in action on 14 October 1944 Tank platoon in the Spanish Civil War Lieutenant 549th Tank Battalion Lieutenant 588th Infantry Regiment Senior Lieutenant 172nd Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Captain 1646th Anti-tank Fighter Artillery Regiment SergeantKilled in action on 3 October 1944 433rd Infantry Regiment Red Army Man Moscow Military District Air Forces Colonel 301st Howitzer Artillery Regiment LieutenantKilled in action on 27 March 1940 436th Artillery Regiment Captain Killed in action on 31 January 1945 Commander of the first Soviet nuclear submarine - Project 627 "Kit" Captain 1st class Senior Researcher in Special Military Unit No. 45707 of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR Captain 1st class Co-pilot of the ANT-37 "Rodina" Captain 229th Infantry Regiment Captain 569th Assault Aviation Regiment Captain 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment Guard Captain 310th Infantry Regiment Red Army Man 38th Tank Regiment CaptainKilled in action on 6 January 1944 81st Long-Range Aviation Regiment5th Guards Aviation RegimentSenior LieutenantGuard CaptainTwice Hero of the Soviet Union Commander of the "Щ-406" submarine Captain 3rd Class 91st Separate Engineer Battalion LieutenantKilled in action on 28 September 1943 134th Separate Motorized Pontoon-and-Bridge Battalion Red Army Man Went missing in action in January 1944 and presumed dead 245th Hawitzer Artillery Regiment Commissar 37th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Staff Sergeant Killed in action on 11 November 1943 175th Guards Infantry Regiment Guard Lieutenant 8th Fighter Aviation Regiment Lieutenant 384th Separate Marine Corps Battalion of the Black Sea Fleet Red Fleet ManKilled in action on 27 March 1944 20th Guards Mechanized Brigade Guard Captain Torpedo Brigade of the Baltic Fleet Lieutenant Captain 26th Fighter Aviation Regiment Senior Lieutenant Killed in action on 26 September 1942