List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (S)

The Gold Star medal worn by Heroes of the Soviet Union
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.

List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (S)

Recipient Conferred on Conferred posthumously Conferred for
Alexander Saburov 18 May 1942 No reportedly successful partisan actions during winter of 1941-42 in Bryansk, Oryol and Sumy Oblasts[1]
Boris Safonov twice: 16 September 1941 and 14 June 1942 Yes (2nd award) 1st award: reportedly shot down 16 German aircraft by this point in the war

2nd award: reportedly show down 30 German aircraft by time of death; KIA 30 May 1942[2]

Maxim Shmatov 24 March 1945 No leadership of battalion during Budapest Offensive, December 1944[3]
Amet-khan Sultan twice: 24 August 1943 and 29 June 1945 No 1st award: reportedly flew 359 fighter sorties at that point and shot down 11 enemy aircraft

2nd award: flew 603 fighter sorties during World War II, reportedly shot down 19 enemy aircraft[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Сабуров Александр Николаевич". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  2. ↑ "Сафонов Борис Феоктистович". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  3. ↑ "Шматов Максим Васильевич". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  4. ↑ "Амет-Хан Султан". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
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