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Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)

The honorary title "Hero of the Soviet Union' was instituted April 16th, 1934, the accompanying medal August 1st, 1939, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Recipients of the medal are automatically awarded the title of: Hero of the Soviet Union.
The title can be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel for having rendered personal or collective acts of heroism that have contributed to the honour or the development of the Soviet Union. Recipients of the title will automatically be awarded the Order of Lenin, moreover they receive a Diploma from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. The title can be awarded more than once, however, the Order of Lenin only once. In that case, the recipient will have a sculptural bust in the town of his/her birth. Some 12.600 persons have been awarded the title more than once; August 22nd, 1988, the Supreme Soviet abolished the policy of multiple conferment.
The badge itself takes the form of a five-pointed star made of solid gold. The ribbon is coloured red and approx. 0.75" (19 mm) wide mounted on a hanger that measures 15 x 20 mm. The medal weighs 21.5 grammes.

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Kabanov, Vasiliy Grigoryevich* March 25th, 1908
† April 18th, 1945

Kamozin, Pavel Mikhailovich* July 16th, 1917
† November 24th, 1983

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Kanunnikov, Vasiliy Petrovich* 1916
† April 29th, 1945

Kapustin, Vladimir Dmitriyevich* 1903
† December 3rd, 1939

Karbyshev, Dmitry Mikhaylovich* October 14th, 1880
† February 18th, 1945

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Karpenko, Mykola* April 20th, 1914
† April 14th, 1944

Karpinskiy, Frants Filippovich* June 18th, 1906
† May 16th, 1945

Karpov, Aleksandr Terentyevich* October 17th, 1917
† October 20th, 1944

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Kartoshkin, Arkadiy Nikolayevich* December 16th, 1925
† April 17th, 1945

Kasatkin, Nikolay Yakovlevich* December 23rd, 1924
† March 27th, 1945

Katukov, Mikhail Yefimovich* August 17th, 1900
† June 8th, 1976

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Kazakov, Vasily Ivanovich* July 18th, 1898
† May 25th, 1968

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Kazantsev, Vasiliy Tikhonovich* October 19th, 1920
† May 13th, 1945

Khasanshin, Mansur Rakhipovich* December 12th, 1923
† April 13th, 1975

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Khazov, Vladimir Petrovich* September 9th, 1918
† September 13th, 1942

Khmelev, Pavel Vasilyevich* 1923
† December 13th, 1943

Khokhlov, Pyotr Ilyich* 1910
† March 7th, 1990

Khomyakov, Maxim Ignatievich* July 30th, 1912
† October 24th, 1958

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich* April 15th, 1894
† September 11th, 1971

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Kirponos, Mikhail* January 12th, 1892
† September 20th, 1941

Kiryanov, Nikolay Ivanovich* February 17th, 1921
† March 2nd, 1943

Kiselyov, Sergey Ivanovich* December 27th, 1919
† February 4th, 1945

Kizhevatov, Andrey Mitrofanovich* August 18th, 1907
† June 29th, 1941

Klimenko, Kondrat Gavrilovich* October 25th, 1913
† March 10th, 1945

Klubov, Aleksandr Fyodorovich* January 18th, 1918
† November 1st, 1944

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Kochergin, Egor Petrovich* September 6th, 1916
† August 28th, 1943

Kokorev, Pavel Adreevich* July 13th, 1921
† April 25th, 1986

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Kolbasa, Mikhail Yefremovich* 1908
† April 16th, 1945

Kolbnev, Vasiliy Fodorovich* February 24th, 1906
† February 18th, 1945

Koldunov, Aleksandr Ivanovich* September 20th, 1923
† June 7th, 1992

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Kolpakchi, Vladimir Yakovlevich* September 7th, 1899
† May 17th, 1961

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Konev, Ivan Stepanovich* December 28th, 1897
† May 21st, 1973

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Konovalov, Vladimir Konstantinovich* December 5th, 1911
† November 29th, 1967

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Konstantinov, Anatoly Ustinovich* June 12th, 1923
† October 22nd, 2006

Koptsov, Vasiliy Alekseyevich* January 1st, 1904
† March 3rd, 1943

Kopylov, Vasiliy Ivanovich* January 29th, 1905
† May 2nd, 1945

Korolov, Gerasim Grigoryevich* March 3rd, 1924
† February 8th, 1945

Korsun, Vladimir Wolf* November 16th, 1923
† March 17th, 1950

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Koshevoi, Pyotr Kirillovich* December 21st, 1904
† August 30th, 1976
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Koshevoy, Oleg* June 8th, 1926
† February 9th, 1943

Kosmodemyanskaya, Zoya Anatolyevna* September 13th, 1923
† November 29th, 1941

Kosonogov, Lev Vasilyevich* June 19th, 1904
† November 17th, 1943

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Kostin, Ivan Dmitriyevich* December 25th, 1915
† April 24th, 1945

Kostyuk, Jozef S.* April 14th, 1919
† March 17th, 1981

Kot, Vasiliy Andreyevich* February 23rd, 1916
† November 10th, 1998

Kovpak, Sidor Artemyevich* June 7th, 1887
† December 11th, 1967

Kozak, Semyon Antonovich* May 23rd, 1902
† December 24th, 1953

Kozhedub, Ivan Nikolayevich* June 8th, 1920
† August 8th, 1991

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Kozhemyakin, Nikolay Alekseyevich* October 16th, 1922
† March 28th, 2003

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Kozlov, Nikolay Andreyevich* October 12th, 1916
† October 10th, 1943

Kozyr, Maxim Jevsejevic* December 5th, 1890
† April 23rd, 1945

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Krasilnikov, Gennadiy Ivanovich* October 6th, 1925
† September 23rd, 1943

Krasovsky, Stepan Akimovich* August 20th, 1897
† April 21st, 1983

Kravchenko, Andrei Grigoryevich* November 30th, 1899
† October 18th, 1963

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Kravchenko, Grigory Panteleyevich* October 12th, 1912
† February 23rd, 1943

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Kravchenko, Ivan Khotovich* July 5th, 1921
† April 26th, 1945

Krayko, Aleksey Ivanovich* May 18th, 1911
† March 5th, 1943

Kreizer, Yakov Grigoryevich* November 4th, 1905
† November 29th, 1969

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Kretov, Stepan Ivanovich* December 25th, 1919
† January 19th, 1975

Krikunenko, Veniamin Aleksandrovich* 1925
† September 29th, 1943

Krylov, Nikolai Ivanovich* April 29th, 1903
† February 9th, 1972

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Krzywon, Aniela Tadeushevna* May 27th, 1925
† October 12th, 1943

Kulakov, Teodor Sergeyevich* March 18th, 1900
† November 16th, 1943

Kulik, Grigory Ivanovich* November 9th, 1890
† August 29th, 1950

Kulikov, Viktor Georgiyevich* July 5th, 1921
† May 28th, 2013

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Kungurtsev, Yevgeny Maksimovich* October 3rd, 1921
† May 11th, 2000

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Kurzenkov, Sergei Georgiyevich* July 7th, 1911
† November 18th, 1981

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Kutsevalov, Timofei Fyodorovich* January 21st, 1904
† January 6th, 1975

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Kuzmin, Georgy Pavlovich* April 21st, 1913
† August 18th, 1943

Kuzmin, Matvey* August 3rd, 1858
† February 14th, 1942

Kuzminov, Ivan Gerasimovich* July 1st, 1915
† April 16th, 1945

Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich* November 7th, 1915
† August 21st, 1942

Kuznetsov, Mikhail Vasilyevich* November 7th, 1913
† December 15th, 1989

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Kuznetsov, Nikolai Gerasimovich* July 24th, 1904
† December 6th, 1974

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Kuznetsov, Nikolai Ivanovich* April 29th, 1922
† September 11th, 2008

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Kuznetsov, Nikolay Vasil'yevich* December 13th, 1921
† April 14th, 1945

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