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.
Russian Ministry of Defence Database ëÃÂþôòøó ÃÂðÃÂþôð ò ÃÂõûøúþù ÃÂÃÂõÃÂõÃÂÃÂòõýýþù òþùýõ 1941âÂÂ1945 óó.û [Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945] (in Russian).