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 Gold Star medal worn by Heroes of the Soviet Union

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)

NameRank(s)Unit(s)Campaign(s)Date(s) awardedBranch(es)
Kabak, NikolaiNikolai KabakSergeant89th Guards Rifle DivisionWorld War II20 December 1943Engineers
Kabakov, GrigoryGrigory KabakovLieutenant57th Guards Tank Brigade, 7th Guards Mechanized CorpsWorld War II17 October 1943Infantry
Kabalin, IvanIvan KabalinSergeant25th Guards Rifle DivisionWorld War II22 February 1944Artillery
Kabalin, NikolaiNikolai KabalinSenior sergeant21st Guards Mechanized Brigade, 8th Guards Mechanized CorpsWorld War II26 April 1944Infantry
Kabanov, KonstantinKonstantin KabanovLieutenant593rd Attack Aviation Regiment, 332nd Assault Aviation DivisionWorld War II18 August 1945Aviation
Kabanov, MikhailMikhail KabanovSergeant333rd Rifle DivisionWorld War II22 February 1944*Infantry
Kabanov, PavelPavel KabanovSenior sergeant71st Guards Rifle DivisionWorld War II22 July 1944Infantry
Kabanov, VasilyVasily KabanovCaptain220th Tank Brigade, 5th Shock ArmyWorld War II27 February 1945Armor
Kabanov, VladimirVladimir KabanovLieutenant7th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment, 230th Assault Aviation DivisionWorld War II23 February 1945Aviation
Kabanov, YevgenyYevgeny KabanovSenior lieutenant12th Guards Dive Bomber Aviation Regiment, 8th Torpedo Aviation DivisionWorld War II22 July 1944Aviation
Kaberov, IgorIgor KaberovCaptain3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 61st Fighter Aviation BrigadeWorld War II24 July 1943Aviation
Kabilov, TulenTulen KabilovSergeant24th Guards Rifle DivisionWorld War II19 April 1945*Infantry
Kabiskoy, AlexanderAlexander KabiskoySenior lieutenant721st Fighter Aviation Regiment, 286th Fighter Aviation DivisionWorld War II1 July 1944Aviation
Kabitsin, IvanIvan KabitsinLieutenant colonel 47th Guards Rifle Division World War II 15 May 1946 Infantry
Kabishev, BorisBoris Kabishev Senior lieutenant 958th Attack Aviation Regiment, 280th Assault Aviation Regiment World War II 23 February 1945 Aviation
Kabushkin, IvanIvan Kabushkin Junior lieutenant 208th Partisan Group, Minsk Underground Organization World War II 8 May 1965*Partisans
Kadyrov, OchilOchil Kadyrov Red Army man 399th Rifle Division World War II 24 March 1945*Infantry
Kalinin, FyodorFyodor KalininLieutenantNovorossiysk Naval BaseWorld War II17 November 1943Naval infantry
Kalinin, StepanStepan KalininSergeant64th Rifle DivisionWorld War II24 March 1945Infantry
Kalinin, TikhonTikhon KalininMajor55th Guards Rifle DivisionWorld War II25 September 1944*Artillery
Kalinic, NikolaiNikolai KalinicSenior sergeant16th Guards Cavalry DivisionWorld War II15 January 1944Cavalry
Kamanin, NikolaiNikolai KamaninSenior lieutenantSpecial Far Eastern Red Banner Army aviationPeacetime award20 April 1934Aviation
Kaminsky, IvanIvan Kaminsky Senior lieutenant 10th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Army World War II 29 June 1945 Aviation
Kamolikov, DmitryDmitry Kamolikov Sergeant 1st Guards Airborne Division World War II 24 March 1945 Airborne troops
Kamozin, PavelPavel 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 II1 May 1943 (1); 1 July 1944 (2) Aviation
Kamynin, KirillKirill Kamynin Sergeant 12th Guards Rifle Division World War II 15 January 1944 Infantry
Kamyshev, VladimirVladimir Kamyshev Red Army man 415th Riffle Division World War II15 January 1944Infantry
Kantaria, MelitonMeliton KantariaJunior sergeant150th Rifle DivisionWorld War II8 May 1946Infantry
Ivanovich Kapreliants, RafaelRafael Ivanovich KapreliantsN/A; CivilianN/A; Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant test pilotPeacetime award15 May 1975Aviation
Karabulin, NikolayNikolay KarabulinLieutenant215th Attack Aviation Regiment, 47th Mixed Aviation DivisionWorld War II12 April 1942Aviation
Karbyshev, DmitryDmitry KarbyshevLieutenant generalMilitary Academy of the Red Army General StaffWorld War II16 August 1946*Engineers
Karelin, AnatolyAnatoly KarelinMajor351st Night Fighter Aviation Regiment, 64th Fighter Aviation CorpsKorean War14 July 1953Aviation
Karelin, IvanIvan KarelinN/A; CivilianN/A; Sokol plant test pilotPeacetime award13 April 1983Aviation
Karelin, KonstantinKonstantin KarelinColonel23rd Guards Light Artillery Brigade; 5th Artillery DivisionWorld War II24 December 1943Artillery
Karelin, Pyotr GrigoryevichPyotr Grigoryevich KarelinLieutenant3rd Guards Rifle DivisionWorld War II16 May 1944*Infantry
Karelin, Pyotr PetrovichPyotr Petrovich KarelinPrivate77th Guards Rifle DivisionWorld War II16 November 1943Artillery
Karizhsky, GrigoryGrigory KarizhskyMajor general18th Guards Rifle DivisionWorld War II5 May 1945Generals
Karmatsky, TimofeyTimofey Karmatsky Lieutenant 10th Artillery Division World War II 21 September 1943 Artillery
Karmishin, DmitryDmitry Karmishin Captain 880th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, 177th Guards Bomber Aviation Division Hungarian Revolution of 1956 18 December 1956*Aviation
Karnachev, StepanStepan Karnachev Captain 247th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 203rd Fighter Aviation Division World War II 4 February 1944 Aviation
Karnachonok, NikolayNikolay Karnachonok Lieutenant 434th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 8th Air Army World War II 23 November 1942*Aviation
Karnakov, MikhailMikhail Karnakov Red Army man 303rd Rifle Division World War II 7 August 1943*Artillery
Karnaukhov, VitalyVitaly Karnaukhov Private 121st Rifle Division World War II 17 October 1943*Infantry
Karnaushenko, MikhailMikhail Karnaushenko Senior lieutenant 39th Guards Rifle Division World War II 24 March 1945 Infantry
Karozin, AlexanderAlexander Karozin Colonel 9th Guards Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade, 13th Army World War II 6 April 1945 Artillery
Karpachov, VasilyVasily Karpachov Junior sergeant 281st Rifle Division World War II 10 April 1945Infantry
Karpenko, AkimAkim Karpenko Major 5th Guards Long-Range Aviation Regiment, 50th Long-Range Aviation Division World War II 13 March 1944 Aviation
Karpeyev, MikhailMikhail Karpeyev Lieutenant 75th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment, 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division World War II 29 June 1945 Aviation
Karpov, VladimirVladimir KarpovLieutenant134th Rifle DivisionWorld War II4 June 1944Infantry
Karpukhin, Viktor FyodorovichViktor Fyodorovich KarpukhinCaptainAlpha GroupSoviet-Afghan War28 April 1980KGB
Kasatonov, VladimirVladimir KasatonovFleet AdmiralN/A; deputy commander of Soviet NavyPeacetime award25 November 1966Navy
Kasatonov, IvanIvan KasatonovLieutenant235th Rifle DivisionWorld War II22 July 1944Infantry
Kaverin, IlyaIlya Kaverin Junior sergeant 9th Mechanized Corps World War II 10 January 1944 Armor
Kavtaskin, AndreyAndrey Kavtaskin Major 30th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade, 7th Guards Army World War II 26 October 1943 Artillery
Kazakevich, DaniilDaniil Kazakevich Major general 399th Rifle Division World War II 6 April 1945 Generals
Kazakov, VasilyVasily KazakovColonel general1st Belorussian FrontWorld War II6 April 1945Generals
Kazakov, VasilyVasily KazakovSenior sergeant141st Rifle DivisionWorld War II3 June 1944Artillery
Kazanbaev, SharifzyanSharifzyan Kazanbaev Sergeant major 6th Guards Airborne Division World War II 13 September 1944*Airborne troops
Kharchenko, IvanIvan KharchenkoLieutenant6th Chemical Engineering Regiment, MoEHE NKVD (Local air defence)World War II2 November 1944NKVD
Kharchenko, MikhailMikhail KharchenkoN/A; partisan2nd Leningrad Partisan BrigadeWorld War II8 April 1942Partisans
Kharuzhaya, VeraVera KharuzhayaN/A; partisanVitebsk underground groupWorld War II17 May 1960*Partisans
Khrunov, YevgenyYevgeny KhrunovColonelSoyuz 5Peacetime award22 January 1969Cosmonaut
Kirponos, MikhailMikhail KirponosKomdiv70th Rifle DivisionWinter War21 March 1940Generals
Kirsanov, AlexanderAlexander KirsanovMajor general76th Guards Rifle DivisionWorld War II15 January 1944Generals
Kirsanov, IvanIvan KirsanovMajor20th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, 13th Guards Bomber DivisionWorld War II15 May 1946Aviation
Kirsanov, VladimirVladimir KirsanovSenior lieutenant502nd Attack Aviation Regiment, 214th Assault Aviation DivisionWorld War II18 August 1945Aviation
Kokushkin, OlegOleg KokushkinLieutenant colonel3rd Guards Airborne DivisionWorld War II17 October 1943*Airborne troops
Kolesov, AlexandrAlexandr KolesovLieutenant3rd Guards Airborne DivisionWorld War II10 January 1944Airborne troops
Kolesov, Alexander MikhailovichAlexander Mikhailovich KolesovPrivate178th Tank Brigade, 10th Tank CorpsWorld War II23 October 1943Armor
Kolin, IvanIvan Kolin Junior sergeant 167th Rifle Division World War II 10 January 1944 Engineers
Kolmakov, PyotrPyotr Kolmakov Captain 399th Rifle Division World War II 24 March 1945 Infantry
Kolobov, LeonidLeonid Kolobov Colonel 389th Rifle Division World War II 23 September 1944 Infantry
Kolodin, AndreyAndrey Kolodin Lieutenant 565th Attack Aviation Regiment, 224th Assault Aviation Division World War II 18 August 1945 Aviation
Kolody, IvanIvan Kolody Efreitor 69th Rifle Division World War II 30 October 1943 Signal Corps
Kologoyda, NikolaiNikolai Kologoyda Captain 254th Rifle Division World War II 22 February 1944 Infantry
Kologrivov, MikhailMikhail Kologrivov Captain 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 11th Assault Aviation Division World War II 5 November 1944 Aviation
Kolovanov, IvanIvan Kolovanov Major 253rd Rifle Division World War II 10 January 1944 Infantry
Kolpakchi, VladimirVladimir KolpakchiColonel general69th ArmyWorld War II6 April 1945Generals
Komekbaev, TaimbetTaimbet KomekbaevJunior sergeant128th Rifle DivisionWorld War II10 April 1945Infantry
Konev, Ivan NikitichIvan Nikitich KonevColonel3rd Guards Airborne DivisionWorld War II13 September 1944Infantry
Konovalov, VladimirVladimir KonovalovCaptain 3rd rankL-3, Baltic Fleet Submarine brigadeWorld War II8 July 1945Navy
Konstantinova, TamaraTamara KonstantinovaLieutenant566th Attack Aviation Regiment, 277th Assault Aviation DivisionWorld War II29 June 1945Aviation
Korolev, AlexanderAlexander KorolevMajor general23rd Rifle DivisionWorld War II25 October 1943*Generals
Korolev, FyodorFyodor KorolevLieutenant3rd Guards Artillery DivisionWorld War II24 March 1945Artillery
Korolev, GerasimGerasim KorolevLieutenant301st Rifle DivisionWorld War II27 February 1945*Infantry
Korolev, IvanIvan KorolevLieutenant69th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 21st Mixed Aviation DivisionWorld War II10 February 1942Aviation
Korolev, JosephJoseph KorolevMajor399th Rifle DivisionWorld War II24 March 1945Infantry
Korolev, KonstantinKonstantin KorolevSenior lieutenant337th Rifle DivisionWorld War II13 November 1943Infantry
Korolev, MatveiMatvei KorolevMajor160th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, 1st Ukrainian Front aviationWorld War II27 June 1945Aviation
Korolev, Nikolai FilippovichNikolai Filippovich KorolevMajor generalOsipovichi partisan groupWorld War II1 January 1944Partisans
Korolev, Nikolai MikhailovichNikolai Mikhailovich KorolevJunior sergeant319th Rifle DivisionWorld War II19 April 1945Infantry
Korolev, Nikolai StepanovichNikolai Stepanovich KorolevSergeant3rd Guards Airborne DivisionWorld War II10 January 1944*Airborne troops
Korolev, PavelPavel KorolevCaptain3rd Breakthrough Artillery DivisionWorld War II27 June 1945Artillery
Korolev, RomanRoman KorolevSergeant2nd Guards Rifle DivisionWorld War II16 May 1944Infantry
Korolev, Vasily AlexandrovichVasily Alexandrovich KorolevRed army man3rd Guards Cavalry DivisionWorld War II31 May 1945Cavalry
Korolev, Vasily IvanovichVasily Ivanovich KorolevLieutenant147th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 1st Mixed Aviation DivisionWorld War II22 February 1943Aviation
Korolev, VitalyVitaly KorolevMajor482nd Fighter Aviation Regiment, 322nd Fighter Aviation DivisionWorld War II27 June 1945Aviation
Korolev, VladimirVladimir KorolevSenior sergeant4th Guards Anti-tank Artillery Brigade, 69th ArmyWorld War II21 February 1945Artillery
Koroteev, KonstantinKonstantin KoroteevColonel general52nd ArmyWorld War II6 April 1945Generals
Korzh, VasilyVasily KorzhMajor generalPinsk partisan groupWorld War II15 August 1944Partisans
Koshevoy, FyodorFyodor KoshevoyLieutenant35th Attack Aviation Regiment, 9th Assault Aviation DivisionWorld War II6 March 1945Aviation
Koshevoy, OlegOleg KoshevoyN/A; partisanYoung Guard Komsomol partisan organizationWorld War II13 September 1943*Partisans
Kosmachev, MikhailMikhail KosmachevSenior sergeant21st Guards Tank Brigade, 5th Guards Tank CorpsWorld War II24 March 1945*Armor
Kosmodemyanskaya, ZoyaZoya KosmodemyanskayaN/A; partisanPartisan Special Guerrilla Unit (Military Unit No. 9903)World War II16 February 1942*Partisans
Kosmodemyansky, AleksandrAleksandr KosmodemyanskySenior lieutenant350th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, 43rd ArmyWorld War II29 June 1945*Artillery
Kotyk, ValentinValentin KotykN/A; partisanKarmelyuka partisan groupWorld War II27 June 1958*Partisans
Kovshova, NatalyaNatalya KovshovaRed army man130th Rifle DivisionWorld War II14 February 1943*Infantry
Kozak, SemyonSemyon 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)
Kozin, NestorNestor Kozin Major general 52nd Guards Rifle Division World War II 29 May 1945 Generals
Kozlov, VasilyVasily KozlovN/A; partisanMinsk partisan groupWorld War II1 September 1942Partisans
Kramarenko, SergeiSergei KramarenkoCaptain176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 324th Fighter Aviation DivisionKorean War10 October 1951Aviation
Krasavin, KonstantinKonstantin KrasavinMajor150th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 13th Guards Fighter Aviation DivisionWorld War II15 May 1946Aviation
Krasavin, MikhailMikhail KrasavinSenior sergeant14th Sapper Engineering Brigade, 65th ArmyWorld War II30 October 1943Engineers
Krasovsky, StepanStepan KrasovskyColonel general2nd Air ArmyWorld War II29 May 1945Aviation
Kreizer, YakovYakov KreizerColonel1st Moskva Motor Rifle DivisionWorld War II22 July 1941Infantry
Krenkel, ErnstErnst KrenkelN/A; CivilianN/A; radio operator drifting station North Pole-1Peacetime award22 March 1938N/A
Krikalev, SergeiSergei KrikalevN/A; civilianN/A; Mir flight engineerPeacetime award27 April 1989N/A
Krivoshein, SemyonSemyon KrivosheinLieutenant general1st Mechanized CorpsWorld War II29 May 1945Generals
Kucherenko, VladimirVladimir KucherenkoCaptain40th ArmySoviet-Afghan War26 May 1986Aviation
Kuchinsky, MikhailMikhail KuchinskyCaptain218th Attack Aviation Regiment, 299th Assault Aviation DivisionWorld War II23 February 1945Aviation
Kulik, GrigoryGrigory Kulik Komandarm 1st rank N/A; Deputy People's Commissar of Defence Winter War 21 March 1940 Generals
Kurasov, VladimirVladimir Kurasov Army general N/A; Senior Warsaw Pact Representative to National People's Army World War II 7 May 1965 Infantry
Kurkotkin, SemyonSemyon Kurkotkin Marshal of the Soviet Union N/A; Chief of Soviet Armed Forces Logistics World War II 18 February 1981 Marshals
Kurochkin, PavelPavel Kurochkin Colonel general 60th Army World War II 29 June 1945 Generals
Kusimov, TagirTagir Kusimov Lieutenant colonel 16th Guards Cavalry Division World War II 15 January 1944 Cavalry
Kutakhov, PavelPavel 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)
Kuzmin, MatveyMatvey Kuzmin N/A; Civilian N/A; Civilian World War II 8 May 1965*N/A
Kuznetsov, Mikhail VasilyevichMikhail 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
Kuznetsov, Nikolai IvanovichNikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov N/A; partisan Special purpose partisan detachment "Pobediteli" World War II 5 November 1944* NKVD
Kuznetsov, Nikolai GerasimovichNikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov Admiral of the Fleet N/A; People's Commissar of the Navy World War II 14 September 1945 Navy
Kuznetsov, Pyotr IvanovichPyotr Ivanovich Kuznetsov Junior sergeant 3rd Guards Airborne Division World War II 10 January 1944 Airborne troops
Kuznetsov, VasilyVasily Kuznetsov Colonel general 3rd Shock Army World War II 29 May 1945 Generals
Kvachantiradze, VasilijVasilij KvachantiradzeSergeant major179th Rifle DivisionWorld War II24 March 1945Infantry

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