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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.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Zagaynov, Stepan Tarasovich00-00-192104-02-1945
Zaitsev, Vasily Aleksandrovich10-01-191119-05-1961more
Zaitsev, Vasily Grigoryevich23-03-191515-12-1991more
Zakharchenko, Pavel Fedorovich00-00-191725-11-1943
Zakharov, Matvei Vasilyevich17-08-189831-01-1972more
Zavarin, Grigoriy Antonovich24-11-190230-09-1944
Zaytsev, Dmitriy Aleksandrovich18-10-191801-10-1944
Zaytsev, Vasiliy Mikhaylovich26-08-191007-12-1941
Zelenyuk, Iosif Pavlovich16-12-191430-04-1945
Zharchinsky, Fedor Ivanovich01-07-191321-04-1945
Zhigalkin, Ivan Pavlovich00-00-192005-03-1943
Zhiltsov, Vasily Markovich16-11-190916-12-1976more
Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich01-12-189618-06-1974more
Zhukov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich01-08-192219-04-1945more
Zhurba, Aleksandr Afanasevych00-00-189830-06-1941
Zhyvov, Anatoliy08-03-192512-04-1944
Zimin, Georgy Vasilyevich06-05-191229-03-1997more
Zimin, Sergey Grigoryevich00-00-191702-03-1943
Zinkovich, Mitrofan Ivanovich14-06-190024-09-1943
Zlobin, Yakov Dmitriyevich00-00-191702-03-1943
Zlotin, Grigoriy Borisovich00-00-192302-02-1945
Zozulya, Georgiy Petrovich05-02-192005-01-1954
Zubarev, Vasiliy Denisovich00-00-192129-04-1945
Zverev, Vasiliy Vladimirovich28-08-191523-03-1945

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