Hero

Explore the lives of people connected with Heroes: biographical facts, significant events, professional achievements and historical context.

Sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union

Alexander Pokryshkin

Ace pilot, three times Hero of the Soviet Union, Russian military leader

Private of a rifle regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Chose De San Martin

General, hero of the liberation war of the Spanish colonies in America

Anti-tank rifle crew commander of the 272nd Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Senior Sergeant

Hero of the Soviet Union

Nalina Sokolova

Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel.

Alexandr Solomatin

Lieutenant, Hero of Russia

Djagan Karakhanyan

Squad commander of the 280th separate engineer battalion, Hero of the Soviet Union, private

Gennadij Velichko

Sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Illarion Vasilyev

One of the 28 Panfilov heroes, Hero of the Soviet Union

Antonina Eliseenko

Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Hero of the Second World War

Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Military Navigator of the USSR, Major General of Aviation

Yuozas Aleksonis

Radio operator of an underground radio station, Hero of the Soviet Union

Leader of the largest uprising of the Peruvian Indians against the Spanish colonizers.

Ermolay Koberidze

Hero of the Soviet Union

Valentin Zverev

Commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 200th Guards Rifle Regiment, lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union

Stepan Gajdarenko

Fighter pilot, Heroes of the People's Liberation War in China

Aydin Arutyunyan

Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, senior sergeant.

Alexander Asonchik

Participant of the Great Patriotic War, partisan commander, Hero of the Soviet Union

Japanese officer fought against the Americans in the jungle

Mubariz Ibrahimov

Warrant Officer of the National Army of Azerbaijan, National Hero of Azerbaijan

Telephone operator of the communications platoon of the motorized rifle battalion, Hero of the Soviet Union

Hero of the Soviet Union

Eugeny Bereznyak

Hero of the Soviet Union, prototype of the hero of the film 'Major 'Whirlwind', based on the novel by Yulian Semyonov

Aleksej Katrich

Fighter pilot, colonel general of aviation, Heroes of the Great Patriotic War

Igor Branovitsky

Ukrainian serviceman, private

Feofan Vasilyev

Squad commander of the 91st separate engineering battalion, Hero of the Soviet Union

Liliya Ivanihina

Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Nikolay Daniushin

Russian soldier, radio operator.

Angelina Samoshina

Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Hero of the Soviet Union

One of the most famous snipers in the history of the US military.

Vasiliy Zyulkovsky

Hero of the Soviet Union

Hero of the Soviet Union

Arseniy Vorozheikin

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union

Alexey Golovlev

Secretary of the party organization, Hero of the Soviet Union, captain

Machine gunner of the 107th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union

Hero of the Soviet Union

Nikolaj Leskonozhenko

Fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Great Patriotic War

Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Senior Sergeant

Soviet military pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union

Talgat Begeldinov

Attack pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union

Aleksej Denisov

Fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish War

British tanker, hero of World War II

British centenarian, last veteran of the First World War

Timofej Kucevalov

Pilot, commander of a mixed air brigade of the ZabVO, Heroes of the Soviet-Japanese armed conflicts in the Far East

Soviet naval commander, admiral, candidate of naval sciences