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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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NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Pakhomov, Dmitriy Fodorovich11-03-192011-03-1945
Panfilov, Ivan Vasilyevich01-01-189318-11-1941
Pankratov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich10-03-191724-08-1941
Parshin, Nikolay Ivanovich03-09-192330-04-1945
Pashchenko, Anisim Pavlovich01-06-191319-04-1945
Pavlichenko, Lyudmila Mykhailivna12-07-191610-10-1974more
Pavlov, Dmitry Grigoryevich23-10-189722-07-1941more
Pavlov, Vasiliy Mikhaylovich10-07-190405-03-1943
Petrov, Pavel Gavrilovich30-08-190627-08-1944
Petrov, Yevgeniy Andreyevich21-12-190921-04-1945
Petrova, Antonina Vasilyevna14-03-191504-11-1941
Petukhov, Nikolay Yevgenyevich23-03-192524-09-1943
Pigorev, Nikolay Grigoryevich20-05-192523-03-1944
Pihoryeva, Mikhail00-00-192500-00-1944
Pilyutov, Potr Andreyevich23-12-190624-03-1960more
Pischulin, Andrian Abramovich02-09-190324-09-1943
Plakidin, Dmitri Ivanovich29-09-192322-11-1943
Plotkin, Mikhail Nikolayevich02-05-191207-03-1942
Plotnikov, Aleksandr Iosifovich00-00-192526-04-1945
Plotnikov, Pavel Artemyevich04-03-192014-12-2000more
Podanev, Yegor Fodorovich11-02-192501-02-1945
Pogodin, Dmitry D.11-09-190713-09-1943
Pokryshkin, Aleksandr Ivanovich06-03-191313-11-1985more
Poluboyarov, Pavel Pavlovich16-06-190118-09-1984more
Polyakov, Vladimir Fomich14-01-192329-09-1943
Ponomarenko, Arkadiy Iosifovich16-09-190306-04-1963more
Popov, Markian Mikhaylovich15-11-190222-04-1969more
Poype, de la, Roland28-07-192023-10-2012more
Proshlyakov, Aleksei Ivanovich18-02-190112-12-1973more
Proskurov, Ivan Iosifovich18-02-190728-10-1941
Pugachev, Arseny Philippovich00-00-192208-10-1943
Pylayev, Yevgeniy Alekseyevich05-11-191905-09-1951more

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