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] |
| Fariz Safarov | 19 March 1944 | No | repulsing German counterattacks during the Battle of the Dnieper |
| 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] |
| Vladimir Saprykin | 3 June 1944 (revoked August 1977, restored 4 December 1991) | No (mistakenly believed posthumous) | reportedly called in artillery fire on his own positions |
| Maxim Shmatov | 24 March 1945 | No | leadership of battalion during Budapest Offensive, December 1944[3] |
| Andrey Shebalkov | 24 March 1945 (revoked 1948, restored 11 November 1957) | No | reportedly captured city commandant of Inowrocław and killed numerous German soldiers |
| Stepan Shutov | twice: 10 January 1944 and 13 January 1944 | No | 1st award: leadership of the 20th Guards Tank Brigade during the crossing of the Dnieper and the Battle of Kiev (1943)
2nd award: leadership of the brigade during the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive |
| 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
- ↑ "Сабуров Александр Николаевич". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
- ↑ "Сафонов Борис Феоктистович". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ↑ "Шматов Максим Васильевич". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ↑ "Амет-Хан Султан". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
General references
- Shkadov, Ivan, ed. (1987). Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь [Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). 1: Abaev-Lubitsch. Moscow: Voenizdat.
- Shkadov, Ivan, ed. (1988). Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь [Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). 2: Lyubov-Yashchuk. Moscow: Voenizdat. ISBN 5203005362.
- "Проект "Герои Страны"" [Heroes of the Country] (in Russian).
- Russian Ministry of Defence Database «Подвиг Народа в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.» [Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945] (in Russian).
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