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Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)

The honorary title "Hero of the Soviet Union' was instituted April 16th, 1934, the accompanying medal August 1st, 1939, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Recipients of the medal are automatically awarded the title of: Hero of the Soviet Union.
The title can be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel for having rendered personal or collective acts of heroism that have contributed to the honour or the development of the Soviet Union. Recipients of the title will automatically be awarded the Order of Lenin, moreover they receive a Diploma from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. The title can be awarded more than once, however, the Order of Lenin only once. In that case, the recipient will have a sculptural bust in the town of his/her birth. Some 12.600 persons have been awarded the title more than once; August 22nd, 1988, the Supreme Soviet abolished the policy of multiple conferment.
The badge itself takes the form of a five-pointed star made of solid gold. The ribbon is coloured red and approx. 0.75" (19 mm) wide mounted on a hanger that measures 15 x 20 mm. The medal weighs 21.5 grammes.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Saenko, Ivan Stepanovich19-12-191919-11-1943
Safonov, Boris Feoktistovich26-08-191530-05-1942more
Samokhvalov, Mikhail Andreyevich13-11-191217-08-1944
Sandalov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich26-01-190605-05-1980more
Savelyev, Aleksandr Vasilyevich28-10-191712-04-1949more
Savelyev, Ivan Antonovich01-01-192426-03-1945
Savitsky, Yevgeny Yakovlevich24-12-191006-04-1990more
Sazhinov, Viktor Aleksandrovich01-02-192523-04-1945
Sedykh, Ivan Viktorovich00-00-190402-03-1943
Semonov, Nikolay Fodorovich28-04-190407-05-1980more
Serebryakov, Andrei Mikhailovich29-10-191324-07-1942
Seryogin, Vladimir Sergeyevich07-07-192227-03-1968more
Sevastyanov, Alexei Tikhonovich16-02-191723-04-1942
Shalimov, Vladimir Yegorovich08-08-190823-07-1942more
Shandalov, Idel Abramovich15-03-192316-04-1945
Shcherbakov, Vasiliy Kirillovich13-12-191231-10-1945
Shcherbinin, Fedor Alekseyevich14-03-191026-04-1945
Shchetinin, Nikolai Ivanovich21-03-192103-10-1968
Shelekhov, Nikolay Stepanovich06-12-192023-04-1945more
Shelest, Vasily Galaktionovich03-07-192303-10-1943
Shevchenko, Mikhail Stepanovich22-05-191109-05-1992more
Shirokov, Pyotr Petrovich22-03-191721-10-1946
Shironin, Potr Nikolayevich12-06-190930-06-1968more
Shkodin, Potr Tikhonovich25-02-192302-03-1943
Shtern, Grigori Mihailovich24-07-190028-10-1941more
Shumilov, Mikhail Stepanovich05-11-189528-07-1975more
Siabandov, Samand Aliyevich20-11-190914-11-1989more
Silantyev, Aleksandr Petrovich23-08-191810-03-1996more
Silayev, Ivan Nikolayevich00-00-191505-03-1943
Sizov, Boris Ivanovich28-06-192110-03-1945more
Skomorokhov, Nikolai Mikhailovich19-05-192014-10-1994more
Skopenko, Vasiliy Fodorovich01-01-191227-01-1945more
Skvortsov, Andrey Arkad'yevich00-00-189402-03-1943
Slepnov, Mavríkiy Trofimovich15-06-189619-12-1965more
Smirnov, Pavel Mikhaylovich15-12-190821-01-1943
Smirnykh, Leonid Vladimirovich14-04-191316-08-1945
Smolyachkov, Feodosiy Artemyevich12-07-192315-01-1942
Smushkevich, Yakov Vladimirovich14-04-190228-10-1941
Sokolovsky, Vasily Danilovich21-07-189710-05-1968more
Somin, Sergey Vasilyevich07-09-191715-09-1943
Sorge, Richard04-10-189507-11-1944
Sorokin, Georgiy Aleksandrovich20-07-192422-03-1945
Sorokin, Grigoriy Mikhaylovich08-06-191417-04-1945
Sosnina, Nina Ivanovna30-11-192331-08-1943
Spekov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich18-04-191625-01-1940
Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich21-12-187905-03-1953more
Stepanenko, Potr Ignatyevich07-11-191519-04-1945more
Stepanenko, Vasiliy Vasilyevich03-02-192302-05-1945
Strelkov, Spiridon Mikhaylovich08-11-191704-02-1945
Subbotin, Nikolay Ivanovich00-00-190805-03-1943
Sudets, Vladimir Aleksandrovich23-10-190406-05-1981more
Sugonyayev, Aleksandr Konstantinovich00-00-192109-03-1945
Sukhin, Aleksandr Ivanovich15-08-192302-03-1943
Suvorov, Sergey Nikolayevich05-05-191817-09-1963
Sviridov, Karp Vasilyevich24-05-189604-02-1967more
Svoboda, Ludvík25-11-189520-09-1979more

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