List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (K)

This article is part of an alphabetical series: see List of Heroes of the Soviet Union for more.

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.

Recipients (K)

•   This along with a * indicates that the title Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously.
•   This indicates a person awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union twice or more. Numbers in parentheses indicate the order of an individual's Hero of the Soviet Union awards.

Name	Rank(s)	Unit(s)	Campaign(s)	Date(s) awarded	Branch(es)
Nikolai Kabak	Sergeant	89th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	20 December 1943	Engineers
Grigory Kabakov	Lieutenant	57th Guards Tank Brigade, 7th Guards Mechanized Corps	World War II	17 October 1943	Infantry
Ivan Kabalin	Sergeant	25th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	22 February 1944	Artillery
Nikolai Kabalin	Senior sergeant	21st Guards Mechanized Brigade, 8th Guards Mechanized Corps	World War II	26 April 1944	Infantry
Konstantin Kabanov	Lieutenant	593rd Attack Aviation Regiment, 332nd Assault Aviation Division	World War II	18 August 1945	Aviation
Mikhail Kabanov	Sergeant	333rd Rifle Division	World War II	22 February 1944*	Infantry
Pavel Kabanov	Senior sergeant	71st Guards Rifle Division	World War II	22 July 1944	Infantry
Vasily Kabanov	Captain	220th Tank Brigade, 5th Shock Army	World War II	27 February 1945	Armor
Vladimir Kabanov	Lieutenant	7th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment, 230th Assault Aviation Division	World War II	23 February 1945	Aviation
Yevgeny Kabanov	Senior lieutenant	12th Guards Dive Bomber Aviation Regiment, 8th Torpedo Aviation Division	World War II	22 July 1944	Aviation
Igor Kaberov	Captain	3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 61st Fighter Aviation Brigade	World War II	24 July 1943	Aviation
Tulen Kabilov	Sergeant	24th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	19 April 1945*	Infantry
Alexander Kabiskoy	Senior lieutenant	721st Fighter Aviation Regiment, 286th Fighter Aviation Division	World War II	1 July 1944	Aviation
Ivan Kabitsin	Lieutenant colonel	47th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	15 May 1946	Infantry
Boris Kabishev	Senior lieutenant	958th Attack Aviation Regiment, 280th Assault Aviation Regiment	World War II	23 February 1945	Aviation
Ivan Kabushkin	Junior lieutenant	208th Partisan Group, Minsk Underground Organization	World War II	8 May 1965*	Partisans
Sergey Kadanchik	Lieutenant colonel	318th Rifle Division	World War II	18 September 1943*	Infantry
János Kádár	N/A	N/A	Peacetime award	3 April 1964	N/A
Ochil Kadyrov	Red Army man	399th Rifle Division	World War II	24 March 1945*	Infantry
Grigory Kagamylk	Sergeant	15th Rifle Division	World War II	18 May 1943*	Infantry
Pyotr Kagykin	Sergeant	40th Separate Anti-Tank Brigade, 3rd Shock Army	World War II	15 May 1946	Artillery
Fyodor Kalinin	Lieutenant	Novorossiysk Naval Base	World War II	17 November 1943	Naval infantry
Stepan Kalinin	Sergeant	64th Rifle Division	World War II	24 March 1945	Infantry
Tikhon Kalinin	Major	55th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	25 September 1944*	Artillery
Nikolai Kalinic	Senior sergeant	16th Guards Cavalry Division	World War II	15 January 1944	Cavalry
Nikolai Kamanin	Senior lieutenant	Special Far Eastern Red Banner Army aviation	Peacetime award	20 April 1934	Aviation
Ivan Kaminsky	Senior lieutenant	10th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Army	World War II	29 June 1945	Aviation
Dmitry Kamolikov	Sergeant	1st Guards Airborne Division	World War II	24 March 1945	Airborne troops
Pavel Kamozin	Junior lieutenant (1); Captain (2)	269th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 236th Fighter Aviation Division (1); 66th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 329th Fighter Aviation Division (2)	World War II	1 May 1943 (1); 1 July 1944 (2)	Aviation
Kirill Kamynin	Sergeant	12th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	15 January 1944	Infantry
Vladimir Kamyshev	Red Army man	415th Riffle Division	World War II	15 January 1944	Infantry
Meliton Kantaria	Junior sergeant	150th Rifle Division	World War II	8 May 1946	Infantry
Vasily Kapitonov	Lieutenant Colonel	[[Soviet Union]	World War II	March 27, 1942	Aviation
Rafael Ivanovich Kapreliants	N/A; Civilian	N/A; Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant test pilot	Peacetime award	15 May 1975	Aviation
Nikolay Karabulin	Lieutenant	215th Attack Aviation Regiment, 47th Mixed Aviation Division	World War II	12 April 1942	Aviation
Dmitry Karbyshev	Lieutenant general	Military Academy of the Red Army General Staff	World War II	16 August 1946*	Engineers
Anatoly Karelin	Major	351st Night Fighter Aviation Regiment, 64th Fighter Aviation Corps	Korean War	14 July 1953	Aviation
Ivan Karelin	N/A; Civilian	N/A; Sokol plant test pilot	Peacetime award	13 April 1983	Aviation
Konstantin Karelin	Colonel	23rd Guards Light Artillery Brigade; 5th Artillery Division	World War II	24 December 1943	Artillery
Pyotr Grigoryevich Karelin	Lieutenant	3rd Guards Rifle Division	World War II	16 May 1944*	Infantry
Pyotr Petrovich Karelin	Private	77th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	16 November 1943	Artillery
Grigory Karizhsky	Major general	18th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	5 May 1945	Generals
Timofey Karmatsky	Lieutenant	10th Artillery Division	World War II	21 September 1943	Artillery
Dmitry Karmishin	Captain	880th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, 177th Guards Bomber Aviation Division	Hungarian Revolution of 1956	18 December 1956*	Aviation
Stepan Karnachev	Captain	247th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 203rd Fighter Aviation Division	World War II	4 February 1944	Aviation
Nikolay Karnachonok	Lieutenant	434th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 8th Air Army	World War II	23 November 1942*	Aviation
Mikhail Karnakov	Red Army man	303rd Rifle Division	World War II	7 August 1943*	Artillery
Vitaly Karnaukhov	Private	121st Rifle Division	World War II	17 October 1943*	Infantry
Mikhail Karnaushenko	Senior lieutenant	39th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	24 March 1945	Infantry
Alexander Karozin	Colonel	9th Guards Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade, 13th Army	World War II	6 April 1945	Artillery
Vasily Karpachov	Junior sergeant	281st Rifle Division	World War II	10 April 1945	Infantry
Akim Karpenko	Major	5th Guards Long-Range Aviation Regiment, 50th Long-Range Aviation Division	World War II	13 March 1944	Aviation
Mikhail Karpeyev	Lieutenant	75th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment, 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division	World War II	29 June 1945	Aviation
Vladimir Karpov	Lieutenant	134th Rifle Division	World War II	4 June 1944	Infantry
Viktor Fyodorovich Karpukhin	Captain	Alpha Group	Soviet-Afghan War	28 April 1980	KGB
Vladimir Kasatonov	Fleet Admiral	N/A; deputy commander of Soviet Navy	Peacetime award	25 November 1966	Navy
Ivan Kasatonov	Lieutenant	235th Rifle Division	World War II	22 July 1944	Infantry
Ilya Kaverin	Junior sergeant	9th Mechanized Corps	World War II	10 January 1944	Armor
Andrey Kavtaskin	Major	30th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade, 7th Guards Army	World War II	26 October 1943	Artillery
Daniil Kazakevich	Major general	399th Rifle Division	World War II	6 April 1945	Generals
Vasily Kazakov	Colonel general	1st Belorussian Front	World War II	6 April 1945	Generals
Vasily Kazakov	Senior sergeant	141st Rifle Division	World War II	3 June 1944	Artillery
Sharifzyan Kazanbaev	Sergeant major	6th Guards Airborne Division	World War II	13 September 1944*	Airborne troops
Georgy Kharaborkin	Captain	20th Tank Brigade, 7th Army	Winter War	11 April 1940	Armor
Ivan Kharchenko	Lieutenant	6th Chemical Engineering Regiment, MoEHE NKVD (Local air defence)	World War II	2 November 1944	NKVD
Mikhail Kharchenko	N/A; partisan	2nd Leningrad Partisan Brigade	World War II	8 April 1942	Partisans
Vera Kharuzhaya	N/A; partisan	Vitebsk underground group	World War II	17 May 1960*	Partisans
Yevgeny Khrunov	Colonel	Soyuz 5	Peacetime award	22 January 1969	Cosmonaut
Mikhail Khvatkov	Efreitor	67th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	24 March 1945*	Engineers
Mikhail Kirponos	Komdiv	70th Rifle Division	Winter War	21 March 1940	Generals
Alexander Kirsanov	Major general	76th Guards Rifle Division	World War II	15 January 1944	Generals
Ivan Kirsanov	Major	20th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, 13th Guards Bomber Division	World War II	15 May 1946	Aviation
Vladimir Kirsanov	Senior lieutenant	502nd Attack Aviation Regiment, 214th Assault Aviation Division	World War II	18 August 1945	Aviation
Oleg Kokushkin	Lieutenant colonel	3rd Guards Airborne Division	World War II	17 October 1943*	Airborne troops
Alexandr Kolesov	Lieutenant	3rd Guards Airborne Division	World War II	10 January 1944	Airborne troops
Alexander Mikhailovich Kolesov	Private	178th Tank Brigade, 10th Tank Corps	World War II	23 October 1943	Armor
Ivan Kolin	Junior sergeant	167th Rifle Division	World War II	10 January 1944	Engineers
Pyotr Kolmakov	Captain	399th Rifle Division	World War II	24 March 1945	Infantry
Leonid Kolobov	Colonel	389th Rifle Division	World War II	23 September 1944	Infantry
Andrey Kolodin	Lieutenant	565th Attack Aviation Regiment, 224th Assault Aviation Division	World War II	18 August 1945	Aviation
Ivan Kolody	Efreitor	69th Rifle Division	World War II	30 October 1943	Signal Corps
Nikolai Kologoyda	Captain	254th Rifle Division	World War II	22 February 1944	Infantry
Mikhail Kologrivov	Captain	6th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 11th Assault Aviation Division	World War II	5 November 1944	Aviation
Ivan Kolovanov	Major	253rd Rifle Division	World War II	10 January 1944	Infantry
Vladimir Kolpakchi	Colonel general	69th Army	World War II	6 April 1945	Generals
Taimbet Komekbaev	NOR-7.1Junior sergeant	128th128th Rifle Division	World War II	1945-04-1010 April 1945	Infantry
Ivan Nikitich Konev	Colonel	3rd Guards Airborne Division	World War II	13 September 1944	Infantry
Vladimir Konovalov	Captain 3rd rank	L-3, Baltic Fleet Submarine brigade	World War II	8 July 1945	Navy
Tamara Konstantinova	Lieutenant	566th Attack Aviation Regiment, 277th Assault Aviation Division	World War II	29 June 1945	Aviation
Alexander Korolev	Major general	23rd Rifle Division	World War II	25 October 1943*	Generals
Fyodor Korolev	Lieutenant	3rd Guards Artillery Division	World War II	24 March 1945	Artillery
Gerasim Korolev	Lieutenant	301st Rifle Division	World War II	27 February 1945*	Infantry
Ivan Korolev	Lieutenant	69th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 21st Mixed Aviation Division	World War II	10 February 1942	Aviation
Joseph Korolev	Major	399th Rifle Division	World War II	24 March 1945	Infantry
Konstantin Korolev	Senior lieutenant	337th Rifle Division	World War II	13 November 1943	Infantry
Matvei Korolev	Major	160th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, 1st Ukrainian Front aviation	World War II	27 June 1945	Aviation
Nikolai Filippovich Korolev	Major general	Osipovichi partisan group	World War II	1 January 1944	Partisans
Nikolai Mikhailovich Korolev	Junior sergeant	319th Rifle Division	World War II	19 April 1945	Infantry
Nikolay Korolyov	Sergeant	3rd Guards Airborne Division	World War II	10 January 1944*	Airborne troops
Pavel Korolev	Captain	3rd Breakthrough Artillery Division	World War II	27 June 1945	Artillery
Roman Korolev	Sergeant	2nd Guards Rifle Division	World War II	16 May 1944	Infantry
Vasily Alexandrovich Korolev	Red army man	3rd Guards Cavalry Division	World War II	31 May 1945	Cavalry
Vasily Ivanovich Korolev	Lieutenant	147th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 1st Mixed Aviation Division	World War II	22 February 1943	Aviation
Vitaly Korolev	Major	482nd Fighter Aviation Regiment, 322nd Fighter Aviation Division	World War II	27 June 1945	Aviation
Vladimir Korolev	Senior sergeant	4th Guards Anti-tank Artillery Brigade, 69th Army	World War II	21 February 1945	Artillery
Konstantin Koroteev	Colonel general	52nd Army	World War II	6 April 1945	Generals
Vasily Korzh	Major general	Pinsk partisan group	World War II	15 August 1944	Partisans
Fyodor Koshevoy	Lieutenant	35th Attack Aviation Regiment, 9th Assault Aviation Division	World War II	6 March 1945	Aviation
Oleg Koshevoy	N/A; partisan	Young Guard Komsomol partisan organization	World War II	13 September 1943*	Partisans
Mikhail Kosmachev	Senior sergeant	21st Guards Tank Brigade, 5th Guards Tank Corps	World War II	24 March 1945*	Armor
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya	N/A; partisan	Partisan Special Guerrilla Unit (Military Unit No. 9903)	World War II	16 February 1942*	Partisans
Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky	Senior lieutenant	350th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, 43rd Army	World War II	29 June 1945*	Artillery
Valentin Kotyk	N/A; partisan	Karmelyuka partisan group	World War II	27 June 1958*	Partisans
Natalya Kovshova	Red army man	130th Rifle Division	World War II	14 February 1943*	Infantry
Semyon Kozak	Major general (1); Lieutenant general (2)	73rd Guards Rifle Division	World War II	26 October 1943 (1); 28 April 1945 (2)	Infantry (1); Generals (2)
Nestor Kozin	Major general	52nd Guards Rifle Division	World War II	29 May 1945	Generals
Vasily Kozlov	N/A; partisan	Minsk partisan group	World War II	1 September 1942	Partisans
Sergei Kramarenko	Captain	176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 324th Fighter Aviation Division	Korean War	10 October 1951	Aviation
Konstantin Krasavin	Major	150th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 13th Guards Fighter Aviation Division	World War II	15 May 1946	Aviation
Mikhail Krasavin	Senior sergeant	14th Sapper Engineering Brigade, 65th Army	World War II	30 October 1943	Engineers
Stepan Krasovsky	Colonel general	2nd Air Army	World War II	29 May 1945	Aviation
Yakov Kreizer	Colonel	1st Moskva Motor Rifle Division	World War II	22 July 1941	Infantry
Ernst Krenkel	N/A; Civilian	N/A; radio operator drifting station North Pole-1	Peacetime award	22 March 1938	N/A
Sergei Krikalev	N/A; civilian	N/A; Mir flight engineer	Peacetime award	27 April 1989	N/A
Semyon Krivoshein	Lieutenant general	1st Mechanized Corps	World War II	29 May 1945	Generals
Vladimir Kucherenko	Captain	40th Army	Soviet-Afghan War	26 May 1986	Aviation
Mikhail Kuchinsky	Captain	218th Attack Aviation Regiment, 299th Assault Aviation Division	World War II	23 February 1945	Aviation
Grigory Kulik	Komandarm 1st rank	N/A; Deputy People's Commissar of Defence	Winter War	21 March 1940	Generals
Leen Kullman	Junior politruk	N/A; Partisan	World War II	8 May 1963*	Partisans
Yevgeniy Kungurtsev	Lieutenant (1); Senior lieutenant (2)	15th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment, 277th Assault Aviation Division	World War II	23 February 1945 (1); 19 April 1945 (2)	Aviation
Caesar Kunikov	Major	305th Separate Naval Infantry Battalion, Black Sea Group of Forces	World War II	17 April 1943*	Navy
Vladimir Kurasov	Army general	N/A; Senior Warsaw Pact Representative to National People's Army	World War II	7 May 1965	Infantry
Semyon Kurkotkin	Marshal of the Soviet Union	N/A; Chief of Soviet Armed Forces Logistics	World War II	18 February 1981	Marshals
Pavel Kurochkin	Colonel general	60th Army	World War II	29 June 1945	Generals
Tagir Kusimov	Lieutenant colonel	16th Guards Cavalry Division	World War II	15 January 1944	Cavalry
Pavel Kutakhov	Major (1); Chief Marshal of the Air Force (2)	19th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 258th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1); N/A; Commander of the Soviet Air Forces (2)	World War II (1); Peacetime award (2)	1 May 1943 (1); 15 August 1984 (2)	Aviation (1); Marshals (2)
Matvey Kuzmin	N/A; Civilian	N/A; Civilian	World War II	8 May 1965*	N/A
Mikhail Vasilyevich Kuznetsov	Major (1); Lieutenant colonel (2)	814th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 207th Fighter Aviation Division (1); 106th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (2)	World War II	8 September 1943 (1); 27 June 1945 (2)	Aviation
Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov	N/A; partisan	Special purpose partisan detachment "Pobediteli"	World War II	5 November 1944*	NKVD
Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov	Admiral of the Fleet	N/A; People's Commissar of the Navy	World War II	14 September 1945	Navy
Pyotr Kuznetsov	Junior sergeant	3rd Guards Airborne Division	World War II	10 January 1944	Airborne troops
Vasily Kuznetsov	Colonel general	3rd Shock Army	World War II	29 May 1945	Generals
Vasilij Kvachantiradze	Sergeant major	179th Rifle Division	World War II	24 March 1945	Infantry

References

General references

• Shkadov, Ivan, ed. (1987). Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь [Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 1: Abaev-Lubitsch. Moscow: Voenizdat.
• Shkadov, Ivan, ed. (1988). Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь [Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 2: Lyubov-Yashchuk. Moscow: Voenizdat. ISBN 5203005362.
• "Проект "Герои Страны"" [Heroes of the Country] (in Russian).
• Russian Ministry of Defence Database «Подвиг Народа в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.» [Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945] (in Russian).