List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (Al-An)

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.

List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (Al-An)

Recipient	Conferred on	Conferred posthumously	Conferred for
Marcel Albert	27 November 1944	No	French Normandie-Niemen regiment pilot, shot down 23 German aircraft[1]
Benjamin Albetkov	17 October 1943	No	reportedly organized his battalion's Dnieper crossing on 26 October 1943 and held the bridgehead[2]
Nikolay Alferev	15 May 1946	No	reportedly flying 185 attack sorties in an Ilyushin Il-2 and destroying or damaging 129 vehicles from 1943-1945[3]
Ivan Alferov	21 June 1944	No	reported leadership of 109th Rifle Corps during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in June 1944[4]
Vsevolod Alferov	3 February 1940	No	mechanic on the Georgiy Sedov[5]
Dmitry Alfimov	23 October 1943	No	reportedly crossing the Dnieper in September 1943 and leading a small group that repulsed five German counterattacks[6]
Nikolai Alifanov	1 May 1957	No	test pilot for the MiG-15, MiG-17 and the MiG-19 at Sokol plant[7]
Abylay Alimbetov	30 October 1943	No	reportedly leading his platoon and repulsing five German counterattacks on 15 October 1943 during the Battle of the Dnieper[8][9]
Ivan Alimenkov	3 June 1944	Yes	reportedly gathered important intelligence during a reconnaissance mission in late September 1943 during the Battle of the Dnieper, KIA 2 October 1943[10][11]
Ivan Alimkin	13 April 1944	No	reportedly making 83 attack sorties and destroying 25 tanks, KIA 18 January 1945[12][13]
Alexey Alimov	24 March 1945	No	reportedly killing 54 German soldiers and being wounded three times on 16 July 1944[14]
Zarif Alimov	24 March 1945	Yes	reportedly delivering orders on 30 August 1944 and reportedly killing 23 German soldiers with a machine gun, KIA 31 January 1945[15][16]
Sadiq Alinazarov	17 October 1943	No	reportedly repulsing 12 German counterattacks during the Battle of the Dnieper[17]
Vasily Aline	19 August 1944	No	reportedly making 269 strategic bombing sorties[18][19]
Vladimir Aliseyko	10 January 1944	No	reportedly seriously wounded while repulsing German counterattack during the Battle of the Dnieper and not leaving the front[20]
Vasily Alisov	24 March 1945	No	reportedly killing 12 German soldiers while defending a bridgehead on the Narew on 5 September 1944[21]
Sultan Alisultanov	31 May 1945	No	reportedly crossing the Oder and establishing batteries on the other side of the river on 17 April 1945[22]
Vladimir Alkhimov	24 March 1945	No	reportedly directing artillery fire that destroyed six German tanks on 7 August 1944 during the Kaunas Offensive[23]
Vladimir Alkidov	12 August 1942	No	reportedly shooting down 10 German aircraft during the Battle of Stalingrad[24]
Museib Allahverdiyev	24 March 1945	No	led his battalion in reportedly killing 500 German soldiers on 1 December 1944 during the Budapest Offensive[25]
August Allik	24 March 1945	No	reportedly took command after his company commander was wounded and while himself wounded led his unit in capturing four German mortars in the battle for Saaremaa on 5 October 1944[26]
Galaktion Alpaidze	28 April 1945	No	led his battery in destroying 10 tanks in March 1945 during Operation Spring Awakening[27]
Nikolai Alpatov	22 February 1944	No	providing fire support with his mortar during the Battle of the Dnieper[28]
Semyon Alpeyev	7 April 1940	No	reportedly suppressing multiple Finnish artillery batteries during February 1940 in the Winter War[29]
Vasily Altsybeyev	17 October 1943	No	reportedly led small force across the Dnieper in repulsing ten German counterattacks in September 1943[30]
Ivan Filippovich Altukhov	21 February 1945	No	reportedly destroying 4 German tanks during fighting in Vilkaviškis on 9 August 1944[31]
Ivan Sergeyevich Altukhov	24 March 1945	Yes	reportedly crossing the Danube in December 1944 and repulsing German counterattacks over a period of 10 days, killed in action 8 December 1944[32]
Alexander Altunin	23 September 1944	No	reportedly capturing a bridgehead over the Vistula during the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive and holding it for 40 days[33]
Nikolai Altynov	24 March 1945	No	reportedly destroying an artillery battery with his tank during the capture of Krzyż Wielkopolski on 21 January 1945 during the Vistula–Oder Offensive[34]
Ivan Alyapkin	10 March 1944	No	reportedly driver of a T-34 whose crew destroyed 2 antitank guns and 5 machine gun position in October 1943 during the Battle of the Dnieper; when the tank was damaged he reportedly drove it out of battle while wounded, saving the also wounded tank commander in the process[35]
Ivan Alyayev	11 April 1940	No	reportedly took command of his platoon and blew up a bridge out of Viipuri in March 1940 during the Winter War[36]
Ashot Amatuni	27 February 1945	No	reportedly leading a tank company during the Vistula–Oder Offensive in January 1945 which "caused considerable damage" to German troops[37]
Sergey Amelichkin	27 February 1945	No	driver of T-34 that reportedly destroyed two German tanks and three artillery guns on 16 January 1945 at Pilica river crossing[38]
Alexey Amelin	26 October 1944	No	reportedly attacked 30 Ju 87s escorted by 6 Bf 109s and 7 Fw 190 northeast of Vulturul, Romania on 28 April 1944, preventing the Ju 87s from reaching targets[39]
Georgy Amelin	15 May 1946	No	reportedly made 173 attack sorties, destroyed more than 150 tanks, APCs, vehicles and other equipment during World War II[40]
Abdel Hakim Amer	13 May 1964	No	Egyptian Army Chief of Staff[41]
Viktor Aminev	17 November 1939	Yes	reportedly destroyed six Japanese tanks in his BA-10 during Battles of Khalkhin Gol, KIA 28 August 1939 when his BA-10 hit a mine[42]
Hallak Aminov	15 January 1944	No	crossing the Dnieper multiple times and ferrying cavalry reinforcements, as well as killing multiple German soldiers on 27 September 1943[43]
Minnetdin Aminov	23 October 1943	No	reportedly seriously injured while delivering ammunition to bridgehead over the Dnieper on 21 September 1943[44]
Safar Amirsoev	25 September 1944	Yes	reportedly destroyed six German tanks while wounded multiple times; killed in same action[45]
Alexander Amosenkov	24 March 1945	No	reportedly conducted reconnaissance during Danube crossing and discovered German firing positions; also reportedly at front during Danube crossing on 5 December 1944; fired self-propelled guns until he ran out of ammunition and was wounded[46]
Alexander Amosov	2 August 1944	Yes	reportedly made 150 successful attack sorties, killed in dogfight 24 March 1944[47]
Ivan Amvrosov	23 May 1945	Yes	reported leadership of 72nd Mountain Rifle Brigade during the Moravian-Ostrava Offensive in March 1945; KIA 29 March 1945[48]
Georgy Amyaga	24 March 1945	Yes	reportedly killed 150 German soldiers with machine gun, wounded twice between 24-27 July 1944 in Narva Offensive; KIA 3 August 1944[49]
Konstantin Amzin	27 February 1945	Yes	reportedly drove his SU-76 into a minefield and cleared a passage while under fire and killed more than 50 German soldiers with the DSK on 21 January 1945 during capture of Toruń, KIA soon after[50]
Daniil Ananchenko	10 April 1945	Yes	reportedly blocked German machine gun line of fire with own body, enabling his reconnaissance patrol to destroy the gun 23 January 1945 in Vistula-Oder Offensive[51]
Ivan Ananiev	24 March 1945	Yes	reportedly killed more than 35 Hungarian soldiers with machine gun during Budapest Offensive, KIA 21 November 1944[52]
Martyn Ananiev	3 June 1944	No	reportedly led battalion in repulsing multiple counterattacks during Battle of the Dnieper 27 September 1943[53]
Nikolai Ananiev	21 July 1942	Yes	reportedly helped destroy German tanks in Battle of Moscow 16 November 1941, KIA in same action, a Panfilovtsy[54]

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