| Recipient
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Conferred on
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Conferred posthumously
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Conferred for
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| Marcel Albert
|
27 November 1944
|
No
|
French Normandie-Niemen regiment pilot, shot down 23 German aircraft[1]
|
| Benjamin Albetkov
|
17 October 1943
|
No
|
reportedly organized his battalion's Dnieper crossing on 26 October 1943 and held the bridgehead[2]
|
| Nikolay Alferev
|
15 May 1946
|
No
|
reportedly flying 185 attack sorties in an Ilyushin Il-2 and destroying or damaging 129 vehicles from 1943-1945[3]
|
| Ivan Alferov
|
21 June 1944
|
No
|
reported leadership of 109th Rifle Corps during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in June 1944[4]
|
| Vsevolod Alferov
|
3 February 1940
|
No
|
mechanic on the Georgiy Sedov[5]
|
| Dmitry Alfimov
|
23 October 1943
|
No
|
reportedly crossing the Dnieper in September 1943 and leading a small group that repulsed five German counterattacks[6]
|
| Nikolai Alifanov
|
1 May 1957
|
No
|
test pilot for the MiG-15, MiG-17 and the MiG-19 at Sokol plant[7]
|
| Abylay Alimbetov
|
30 October 1943
|
No
|
reportedly leading his platoon and repulsing five German counterattacks on 15 October 1943 during the Battle of the Dnieper[8][9]
|
| Ivan Alimenkov
|
3 June 1944
|
Yes
|
reportedly gathered important intelligence during a reconnaissance mission in late September 1943 during the Battle of the Dnieper, KIA 2 October 1943[10][11]
|
| Ivan Alimkin
|
13 April 1944
|
No
|
reportedly making 83 attack sorties and destroying 25 tanks, KIA 18 January 1945[12][13]
|
| Alexey Alimov
|
24 March 1945
|
No
|
reportedly killing 54 German soldiers and being wounded three times on 16 July 1944[14]
|
| Zarif Alimov
|
24 March 1945
|
Yes
|
reportedly delivering orders on 30 August 1944 and reportedly killing 23 German soldiers with a machine gun, KIA 31 January 1945[15][16]
|
| Sadiq Alinazarov
|
17 October 1943
|
No
|
reportedly repulsing 12 German counterattacks during the Battle of the Dnieper[17]
|
| Vasily Aline
|
19 August 1944
|
No
|
reportedly making 269 strategic bombing sorties[18][19]
|
| Vladimir Aliseyko
|
10 January 1944
|
No
|
reportedly seriously wounded while repulsing German counterattack during the Battle of the Dnieper and not leaving the front[20]
|
| Vasily Alisov
|
24 March 1945
|
No
|
reportedly killing 12 German soldiers while defending a bridgehead on the Narew on 5 September 1944[21]
|
| Sultan Alisultanov
|
31 May 1945
|
No
|
reportedly crossing the Oder and establishing batteries on the other side of the river on 17 April 1945[22]
|
| Vladimir Alkhimov
|
24 March 1945
|
No
|
reportedly directing artillery fire that destroyed six German tanks on 7 August 1944 during the Kaunas Offensive[23]
|
| Vladimir Alkidov
|
12 August 1942
|
No
|
reportedly shooting down 10 German aircraft during the Battle of Stalingrad[24]
|
| Museib Allahverdiyev
|
24 March 1945
|
No
|
led his battalion in reportedly killing 500 German soldiers on 1 December 1944 during the Budapest Offensive[25]
|
| August Allik
|
24 March 1945
|
No
|
reportedly took command after his company commander was wounded and while himself wounded led his unit in capturing four German mortars in the battle for Saaremaa on 5 October 1944[26]
|
| Galaktion Alpaidze
|
28 April 1945
|
No
|
led his battery in destroying 10 tanks in March 1945 during Operation Spring Awakening[27]
|
| Nikolai Alpatov
|
22 February 1944
|
No
|
providing fire support with his mortar during the Battle of the Dnieper[28]
|
| Semyon Alpeyev
|
7 April 1940
|
No
|
reportedly suppressing multiple Finnish artillery batteries during February 1940 in the Winter War[29]
|
| Vasily Altsybeyev
|
17 October 1943
|
No
|
reportedly led small force across the Dnieper in repulsing ten German counterattacks in September 1943[30]
|
| Ivan Filippovich Altukhov
|
21 February 1945
|
No
|
reportedly destroying 4 German tanks during fighting in Vilkaviškis on 9 August 1944[31]
|
| Ivan Sergeyevich Altukhov
|
24 March 1945
|
Yes
|
reportedly crossing the Danube in December 1944 and repulsing German counterattacks over a period of 10 days, killed in action 8 December 1944[32]
|
| Alexander Altunin
|
23 September 1944
|
No
|
reportedly capturing a bridgehead over the Vistula during the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive and holding it for 40 days[33]
|
| Nikolai Altynov
|
24 March 1945
|
No
|
reportedly destroying an artillery battery with his tank during the capture of Krzyż Wielkopolski on 21 January 1945 during the Vistula–Oder Offensive[34]
|
| Ivan Alyapkin
|
10 March 1944
|
No
|
reportedly driver of a T-34 whose crew destroyed 2 antitank guns and 5 machine gun position in October 1943 during the Battle of the Dnieper; when the tank was damaged he reportedly drove it out of battle while wounded, saving the also wounded tank commander in the process[35]
|
| Ivan Alyayev
|
11 April 1940
|
No
|
reportedly took command of his platoon and blew up a bridge out of Viipuri in March 1940 during the Winter War[36]
|
| Ashot Amatuni
|
27 February 1945
|
No
|
reportedly leading a tank company during the Vistula–Oder Offensive in January 1945 which "caused considerable damage" to German troops[37]
|
| Sergey Amelichkin
|
27 February 1945
|
No
|
driver of T-34 that reportedly destroyed two German tanks and three artillery guns on 16 January 1945 at Pilica river crossing[38]
|
| Alexey Amelin
|
26 October 1944
|
No
|
reportedly attacked 30 Ju 87s escorted by 6 Bf 109s and 7 Fw 190 northeast of Vulturul, Romania on 28 April 1944, preventing the Ju 87s from reaching targets[39]
|
| Georgy Amelin
|
15 May 1946
|
No
|
reportedly made 173 attack sorties, destroyed more than 150 tanks, APCs, vehicles and other equipment during World War II[40]
|
| Abdel Hakim Amer
|
13 May 1964
|
No
|
Egyptian Army Chief of Staff[41]
|
| Viktor Aminev
|
17 November 1939
|
Yes
|
reportedly destroyed six Japanese tanks in his BA-10 during Battles of Khalkhin Gol, KIA 28 August 1939 when his BA-10 hit a mine[42]
|
| Hallak Aminov
|
15 January 1944
|
No
|
crossing the Dnieper multiple times and ferrying cavalry reinforcements, as well as killing multiple German soldiers on 27 September 1943[43]
|
| Minnetdin Aminov
|
23 October 1943
|
No
|
reportedly seriously injured while delivering ammunition to bridgehead over the Dnieper on 21 September 1943[44]
|
| Safar Amirsoev
|
25 September 1944
|
Yes
|
reportedly destroyed six German tanks while wounded multiple times; killed in same action[45]
|
| Alexander Amosenkov
|
24 March 1945
|
No
|
reportedly conducted reconnaissance during Danube crossing and discovered German firing positions; also reportedly at front during Danube crossing on 5 December 1944; fired self-propelled guns until he ran out of ammunition and was wounded[46]
|
| Alexander Amosov
|
2 August 1944
|
Yes
|
reportedly made 150 successful attack sorties, killed in dogfight 24 March 1944[47]
|
| Ivan Amvrosov
|
23 May 1945
|
Yes
|
reported leadership of 72nd Mountain Rifle Brigade during the Moravian-Ostrava Offensive in March 1945; KIA 29 March 1945[48]
|
| Georgy Amyaga
|
24 March 1945
|
Yes
|
reportedly killed 150 German soldiers with machine gun, wounded twice between 24-27 July 1944 in Narva Offensive; KIA 3 August 1944[49]
|
| Konstantin Amzin
|
27 February 1945
|
Yes
|
reportedly drove his SU-76 into a minefield and cleared a passage while under fire and killed more than 50 German soldiers with the DSK on 21 January 1945 during capture of Toruń, KIA soon after[50]
|
| Daniil Ananchenko
|
10 April 1945
|
Yes
|
reportedly blocked German machine gun line of fire with own body, enabling his reconnaissance patrol to destroy the gun 23 January 1945 in Vistula-Oder Offensive[51]
|
| Ivan Ananiev
|
24 March 1945
|
Yes
|
reportedly killed more than 35 Hungarian soldiers with machine gun during Budapest Offensive, KIA 21 November 1944[52]
|
| Martyn Ananiev
|
3 June 1944
|
No
|
reportedly led battalion in repulsing multiple counterattacks during Battle of the Dnieper 27 September 1943[53]
|
| Nikolai Ananiev
|
21 July 1942
|
Yes
|
reportedly helped destroy German tanks in Battle of Moscow 16 November 1941, KIA in same action, a Panfilovtsy[54]
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