Hero of the Soviet Union

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honorary title state decoration

Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest honorary title in the Soviet Union, awarded for extraordinary heroism in service to the state and society, often in military contexts.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hero of the USSR	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	honorary title ⓘ state decoration ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
awardFor	extraordinary heroism ⓘ military merit ⓘ service to society ⓘ service to the state ⓘ
canBeAwardedPosthumously	true ⓘ
conferredBy	Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved	1991 ⓘ
eligibility	citizens of the USSR ⓘ foreign citizens ⓘ
establishedBy	Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Central Executive Committee of the USSR
fieldOfRecognition	civilian heroism ⓘ military service ⓘ
firstAwarded	1934 ⓘ
genderRestriction	none ⓘ
hasMedalShape	five-pointed gold star ⓘ
hasPart	Gold Star medal ⓘ Order of Lenin ⓘ certificate of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
highestRank	highest honorary title in the Soviet Union ⓘ
inception	1934-04-16 ⓘ
languageOfName	Russian ⓘ
lastAwarded	1991 ⓘ
legalForm	decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR ⓘ
notableRecipient	Aleksandr Matrosov ⓘ Aleksandr Pokryshkin ⓘ Georgy Zhukov ⓘ Ivan Kozhedub ⓘ Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ Lyudmila Pavlichenko ⓘ Yuri Gagarin ⓘ Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya ⓘ
numberOfRecipients	over 12000 ⓘ
originalName	Герой Советского Союза ⓘ
relatedAward	Hero of Socialist Labour ⓘ Hero of the Russian Federation ⓘ
replacedBy	Hero of the Russian Federation ⓘ
shortName	Hero of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hero of the USSR
symbolizes	courage ⓘ heroism ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ
timePeriod	Soviet era ⓘ
typicalContext	World War II ⓘ military operations ⓘ
wearingStyle	suspended from a ribbon on the left side of the chest ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aleksandr Vasilevsky → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Vasilevsky → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

subject surface form: Aleksandr Vasilevsky

Alexander Rutskoy → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Andrey Yeremenko → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Boris Gromov → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Ferenc Münnich → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Georgi Dimitrov → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Georgy Zhukov → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Ivan Bagramyan → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Ivan Chernyakhovsky → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Ivan Konev → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Ivan Kozhedub → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Kirill Meretskov → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Kliment Voroshilov → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Konstantin Rokossovsky → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Mikhail Kirponos → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Mikhail Shumilov → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Nikolai Ogarkov → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Rodion Malinovsky → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Semyon Budyonny → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Semyon Timoshenko → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Vassili Zaitsev → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Yuri Gagarin → awardReceived → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Ramón Mercader → awarded → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Soviet military officers → awardedDecoration → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Dmitry Yazov → hasHonorificTitle → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Mikhail Shumilov → hasHonorificTitle → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Sergei Akhromeyev → hasHonorificTitle → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Mikhail Kirponos → honorificTitle → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Soviet system of orders, medals and titles → includesTitle → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Hammer and Sickle gold medal → relatedAward → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Order of the Patriotic War → relatedAward → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Hero of the Soviet Union → shortName → Hero of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hero of the USSR

Soviet system of orders, medals and titles → topAward → Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ