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Heroes of the Soviet Union
From the marshals who planned the great offensives to the snipers, pilots, and partisans who fought on the ground, this collection preserves the stories of the Soviet Union's greatest military heroes. These are names that shaped the course of history — Zhukov, Konev, Kozhedub, Pavlichenko, Matrosov — and their extraordinary courage remains an inspiration to all who study the war.
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⭐Soviet
Asyamov Sergey Aleksandrovich
1907 – 1942
Major
746th Long-Range Aviation Regiment
Edinburgh
⭐Soviet
Konev Ivan
1897 – 1973
Marshal of the Soviet Union
1st Ukrainian Front
Nottingham
⭐Soviet
Litvyak Lydia Vladimirovna
1921 – 1943
Junior Lieutenant
73rd Guards Fighter Regiment
Glasgow
⭐Partisans
Portnova Zinaida Martynovna
1926 – 1944
Partisan Scout
Young Avengers Brigade
Southampton
⭐Soviet
Pavlov Yakov Fedotovich
1917 – 1981
Senior Sergeant
42nd Guards Rifle Regiment
Belfast
⭐Soviet
Yegorov Mikhail Alexeevich
1923 – 1975
Sergeant
150th Rifle Division, 756th Rifle Regiment
Oxford
⭐Soviet
Ustinov Dmitry Fyodorovich
1908 – 1984
People's Commissar of Armaments
People's Commissariat of Armaments
Southampton
⭐Soviet
Oktyabrskaya Mariya Vasilievna
1905 – 1944
Sergeant
26th Guards Tank Brigade
Brighton
⭐Soviet
Kantaria Meliton
1920 – 1993
Sergeant
150th Rifle Division, 756th Rifle Regiment
Liverpool
⭐Soviet
Safonov Boris Feoktistovich
1915 – 1942
Lieutenant Colonel
72nd Naval Fighter Aviation Regiment
Manchester
⭐Soviet
Gastello Nikolai Frantsevich
1907 – 1941
Captain
207th Long-Range Bomber Regiment
Leeds
🇬🇧British
Dmitriev Vasily Stepanovich
1913 – 1975
Major
62nd Army (later 8th Guards Army)
Manchester
⭐Soviet
Smirnov Aleksei Nikolaevich
1919 – 2008
Kapitan
Red Army, 1st Guards Tank Army
Glasgow
Petrov Sergei Nikolaevich
1919 – 2001
Major
16th Guards Fighter Regiment
Birmingham
Petrov Anatoly Ivanovich
1917 – 1990
Lieutenant Colonel
1st Guards Tank Brigade
Oxford
🇬🇧RAF
Fedorov Alexei Pavlovich
1919 – 1997
Major
16th Air Army, 434th Fighter Regiment
Cambridge
🇬🇧Royal Navy
Syromyatnikov Sergei Vasilyevich
1921 – 1943
Pilot Lieutenant
875 истребительный авиационный полк , 66 гвардейский истребительный авиационный полк
Cardiff
⭐Soviet
Kuznetsova Irina Pavlovna
1921 – 2009
Senior Lieutenant
46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment
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