List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (Ab-Ay)

The Gold Star medal worn by Heroes of the Soviet Union

The Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction of the Soviet Union.

Recipients

Ranks are at time of action. No action listed for peacetime awards.

This along with a * indicates that the title Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously.

Name	Rank	Unit	Campaign	Notes
Akhsarbek Magometovich Abaev	Sergeant	2nd Guards Rifle Division	Kerch–Eltigen Operation
Konstantin Antonovich Abazovsky	Lieutenant	15th Air Army	World War II
Kadi Abakarovich Abakarov	Sergeant	301st Rifle Division	Battle of Berlin
Dmitry Petrovich Abalyan	Lieutenant	62nd Guards Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Abdulihat Umarovich Abbasov	Captain 1st Rank	Soviet Navy Submarine Forces	Project 705
Karakoz Abdaliev*	Lieutenant	126th Rifle Division	Melitopol Offensive
Alimkay Abdullovich Abdershin	Sergeant	180th Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Nurken Abdirov*	Sergeant	808th Attack Aviation Regiment	World War II
Mikhail Abdol	Sergeant	74th Rifle Division	Budapest Offensive
Asaf Abdrakhmanov	Lieutenant	Azov Flotilla	Kerch–Eltigen Operation
Shamil Munasypovich Abdrashitov*	Lieutenant	402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment	World War II
Ali Kasimovich Abdrezakov	Sergeant	333rd Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Ramil Hayrullaevich Abdrshin*	Sergeant	69th Mechanized Brigade	Battle of the Dnieper
Sadiq Abdujabbarov	Senior lieutenant	71st Guards Rifle Division	Operation Bagration
Abdurahman Yagyaevich Abdulaev	Senior sergeant	77th Rifle Division	Crimean Offensive
Mamish Abdullayev*	Sergeant	399th Rifle Division	Lublin–Brest Offensive
Samed Abdullaev*	Sergeant Major	318th Mountain Rifle Divison	Kerch–Eltigen Operation
Samig Fayzullovich Abdullayev	Sergeant major	97th Separate Motorized Engineer Battalion	Novorossiysk–Taman Strategic Offensive
Urunbaev Abdullayev	Private	219th Rifle Division	Operation Bagration
Anwar Abdullinovich Abdullin	Senior sergeant	277th Rifle Division	Kaunas Offensive
Mansour Idiatovich Abdullin	Senior sergeant	1st Guards Artillery Division	Battle of Kursk
Magomed-Zagid Abdulmanap*	Junior sergeant	3rd Guards Separate Motorized Battalion	Crimean Offensive
Ahmed Dibirovich Abdulmajid*	Matrose	384th Separate Naval Infantry Battalion	Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Ivan Abdulov*	Efreitor	303rd Rifle Division	Kharkov Defensive
Teyfuk Abdul	Captain	58th Guards Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Uzeyir Abduramanov	Sergeant major	321st Separate Engineer Battalion	Gomel-Rechitsa Offensive
Zulpukarov Zulpukarovich Abdurakhmanov*	Lieutenant	19th Rifle Division	Budapest Offensive
Sadiq Abelhanov*	Sergeant	1248th Antitank Artillery Regiment	Battle of the Dnieper
Mukatay Abeulov*	Private	152nd Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment	Budapest Offensive
Rem Abzalovich Abzalov	Senior lieutenant	40th Guards Rifle Division	Budapest Offensive
Anatoly Abilov	Lieutenant Colonel	130th Guards Rifle Regiment	Lublin–Brest Offensive
Fakhrutdinov Ablyazov	Senior sergeant	245th Rifle Division	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Alexei Abolihin	Senior lieutenant	143rd Rifle Division	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Athanasius Abramov	Lieutenant	76th Guards Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Vladimir Abramov	Captain	85th Separate Sapper Battalion	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Vladimir Fedorovich Abramov	Captain	1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division	World War II
Ilya Abramov	Efreitor	167th Rifle Division	Battle of Kiev
Konstantin Kirikovich Abramov	Major General	6th Guards Army	Operation Bagration
Konstantin Abramov	Major	11th Tank Brigade	Battles of Khalkhin Gol
Nikolai Abramov	Sergeant	2nd Guards Cavalry Division	Battle of Berlin
Pyotr Alexandrovich Abramov	Sergeant	58th Guards Rifle Division	Operation Bagration
Pyotr Abramov	Captain	1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division	World War II
Tikhon Abramov	Colonel	49th Guards Tank Brigade	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Shetiel Abramov	Captain	82nd Guards Rifle Division	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Abram Abramovich*	Lieutenant	Spanish Republican Army	Battle of Brunete
Sergei Abramtsev*	Junior lieutenant	181st Tank Brigade	Zvenigorod Offensive
Nikolai Abramchuk	Captain	101st Fighter Aviation Division	World War II
Ivan Abrosimov	Junior lieutenant	7th Breakthrough Artillery Division	Budapest Offensive
Mikhail Abrosimov*	Efreitor	3rd Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Division	Operation Bagration
Anuar Abutalipov	Private	1st Guards Airborne Division	Budapest Offensive
Konstantin Abuhov*	Major	8th Guards Attack Aviation Division	World War II
Grigory Abisov	Senior sergeant	91st Rifle Division	Lower Dnieper strategic offensive operation
Gazaros Avakian*	Lieutenant	380th Rifle Division	Operation Bagration
Hrant Avakian	Lieutenant	301st Rifle Division	Battle of the Seelow Heights
Lavrenti Avaliani*	Sergeant	417th Rifle Division	Lower Dnieper strategic offensive operation
Alexander Avdeyev	Captain	5th Composite Aviation Division	World War II
Anatoly Konstantinovich Avdeyev	Private	873rd Antitank Artillery Regiment	Operation Bagration
Ivan Avdeyev	Private	34th Guards Rifle Division	Budapest Offensive
Mikhail Avdeyev	Captain	6th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment	Siege of Odessa
Nikolai Avdeyev	Captain	8th Guards Air Division	World War II
Timofey Avdeyev*	Senior lieutenant	226th Separate Tank Regiment	Svir-Petrozavodsk Offensive
Pyotr Avdeyenko	Major general	51st Rifle Corps, 38th Army	Battle of the Dnieper
Semyon Avdoshkin	Senior lieutenant	350th Rifle Division	Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Ivan Avekov*	Captain	519th Fighter Aviation Regiment	Battle of Kiev
Ivan Avelichev	Lieutenant	94th Guards Rifle Division	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Nikolai Averin*	Private	1510th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment	Šiauliai Offensive
Vasily Averchenko	Senior Sergeant	179th Rifle Division	Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive
Nikolai Averchenko	Senior Sergeant	301st Rifle Division	Berlin Offensive
Valentin Averyanov	Lieutenant	277th Assault Aviation Division	Vyborg Offensive
Vasily Averyanov*	Senior Sergeant	19th Mechanized Brigade	Battle of the Dnieper
Ivan Averyanov	Sergeant Major	280th Rifle Division	Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive
Konstantin Averyanov	Lieutenant	230th Assault Aviation Division	Kerch–Eltigen Operation
Stepan Averyanov	Junior Sergeant	413th Rifle Division	Bobriusk Offensive
Hunan Avetisyan*	Senior Sergeant	89th Rifle Division	Battle of the Caucasus
Vasily Avramenko	Private	203rd Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Mikhail Avramenko*	Red Navy man	364th Separate Naval Infantry Battalion	Odessa Offensive Operation
Pyotr Avramenko	Major	45th Mechanized Brigade	Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Profokiev Avramkov*	Sergeant	319th Rifle Division	Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
Nikolai Auror	Captain	149th Rifle Division	Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Temik Avtandilyan*	Senior lieutenant	389th Rifle Division	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Fedosov Avhachov	Major	1st Polish Armoured Brigade	East Pomeranian Offensive
Allaberdy Agaliyev	Efreitor	89th Guards Rifle Division	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Filipp Agaltsov	Marshal of Aviation	Soviet Ministry of Defence	World War II and Cold War
Georgy Agamirov	Captain	5th Guards Aviation Division	World War II
Sergey Agapov	Major	Tupolev		Test pilot
Alexey Agafonov	Lieutenant	7th Guards Antitank Battalion	Battle of the Dnieper
Alexey Sergeyevich Agafonov*	Senior Sergeant	15th Guards Cavalry Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Valentin Agafonov	Senior Sergeant	47th Guards Tank Brigade	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Georgy Agafonov	Starshina 1st class	Danube Flotilla	Budapest Offensive
Semyon Agafonov	Starshina 1st class	Northern Fleet	Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive
Frol Agafonov	Lieutenant	222nd Rifle Division	World War II
Yakov Agafonov	Senior Sergeant	28th Antitank Artillery Brigade	Battle of the Dnieper
Yakov Mikhailovich Agafonov	Major	35th Guards Rifle Division	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Vasily Ageyev	Sergeant	18th Antitank Artillery Brigade	Moravian-Ostrava Offensive
Grigory Ageyev	Commissar	Tula Workers Regiment	Tula Defensive Operation
Ivan Alexeyevich Ageyev	Lieutenant Colonel	13th Guards Rifle Division	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Leonid Ageyev	Senior lieutenant	53rd Aviation Division	World War II
Nikolay Ageyev	Lieutenant	12th Guards Tank Brigade	Sandomierz–Silesian Offensive
Pyotr Ageyev	Senior lieutenant	105th Fighter Aviation Division	World War II
Filipp Ageyev	Sergeant major	97th Guards Rifle Division	Battle of Belgorod
Gregory Ageshin	Private	60th Rifle Division	Vistula–Oder Offensive
Mikhail Agibalov	Senior lieutenant	11th Tank Brigade	Battles of Khalkhin Gol
Viktor Agienko	Lieutenant	219th Tank Brigade	Battle of the Dnieper
Faizullah Agletdinov	Sergeant	309th Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Hamit Agliullin*	Senior sergeant	106th Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Fyodor Aglotkov*	Captain	2nd Guards Torpedo Aviation Division	World War II
Vasily Adamenko*	Sergeant	333rd Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Ivan Adamenko*	Senior Sergeant	109th Guards Rifle Division	Belgrade Offensive
Noah Adamia*	Starshina	7th Naval Infantry Brigade	Siege of Sevastopol
Sali Adashev	Senior Sergeant	42nd Rifle Division	Operation Bagration
Vasily Adonkin	Captain	6th Fighter Aviation Division	World War II
Dmitry Adoniev	Senior Sergeant	60th Guards Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Ivan Adushkin	Senior lieutenant	64th Guards Tank Brigade	Uman–Botoșani Offensive
Tulebaev Agim	Efreitor	197th Rifle Division	Operation Bagration
Vasily Azhogin	Sergeant	333rd Rifle Division	Battle of the Dnieper
Klychniyaz Azalov*	Private	16th Guards Cavalry Division	Battle of the Dnieper