I don’t know how now, but in Soviet times, almost every schoolchild knew about the outstanding Soviet aces Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub, who shot down 62 German planes, and Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin, who knocked 59 fascists to the ground, and were awarded the three times the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union for their outstanding deeds.

Pokryshkin Alexander Ivanovich(21.02 (06.03) 1913-1985) - fighter pilot, air marshal (1972), three times Hero of the Soviet Union (24 May, 24 August 1943, 19 August 1944).

Born in Novonikolaevsk (now Novosibirsk) in a working class family. After graduating from a 7-year school, he worked as a mechanic, then graduated from the Perm Aviation School of Technicians (1933), Refresher courses technical staff and the Kachin Aviation School (1939).

He met the Great Patriotic War as deputy squadron commander, later became squadron commander, assistant commander and commander of the 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 7th Fighter Aviation Corps of the 8th Air Army of the 1st Ukrainian front, and from May 1944 - the commander of the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 4-1 Air Army of the North Caucasian Front.

For participation in 54 battles, in which 13 enemy aircraft were personally shot down, he was awarded the Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Pokryshkin was awarded the second title of Hero of the Soviet Union for his participation in air battles in the Kuban (455 sorties were made, 30 enemy aircraft were shot down).

For commanding a division in the battles over the Prut and Yassy and participating in the Lvov-Sandomierz operation (by May he made 550 sorties, participated in 137 air battles, personally shot down 53 aircraft), he was the first to be awarded the third Golden Star.

In 1968 -1971. was the deputy commander-in-chief of the country's air defense, and in 1972-1981. - Chairman of the Central Committee of the USSR DOSAAF. He was awarded many orders and medals. Buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.

Kozhedub Ivan Nikitovich- was the fifth child in a poor peasant family. His father was an outstanding person. Torn between factory earnings and peasant labor, he found the strength to read books and even write poetry. A religious man, a subtle and demanding mind, he was a strict and persistent educator: diversifying his son's duties in the household, he taught him to be industrious, persistent, and diligent. By the age of six, Ivan went to school. After finishing the seven-year period, he was admitted to the workers' faculty of the Shostka Chemical-Technological College, and in 1938 fate brought him to the flying club.

At the beginning of the war, Sergeant Kozhedub was even more persistent in his "destructive" self-education. In the fall of 1942, after numerous requests and reports, senior sergeant Kozhedub was sent to Moscow, from where he ended up in the 240th IAP. In August 1942, the 240th IAP was armed with the latest La-5 fighters at that time. The retraining was carried out in a hurry, and the regiment suffered heavy losses in the Stalingrad direction.

The following training and retraining was carried out thoroughly: at the end of December 1942, after a busy month theoretical training with daily exercises, the pilots began flying in new aircraft. On one of the training flights, when immediately after takeoff due to an engine breakdown, the thrust dropped sharply, Kozhedub resolutely turned the plane around and glided to the edge of the airfield. Having hit hard during landing, he was out of action for several days. On his first sortie to cover the airfield, he came under attack by enemy fighters, trying to attack a group of bombers, and then fell into the zone of fire of his own anti-aircraft artillery. His plane was seriously damaged, Kozhedub miraculously survived.

During the 40th sortie at the Kursk Bulge, paired with his constant wingman V. Mukhin, Kozhedub shot down his first German - "laptezhnik". Kozhedub won 4 official victories. He did not lose a single car, although it happened to burn, bring holes, land on airfields strewn with craters. Of his machines, two are the most famous. One - La-5FN with bright, white inscriptions with red edging on both sides had an amazing front-line fate. On this plane, Kozhedub fought in May - June 1944, shot down 7 aircraft. The second is La-7, with tail number 27. On this fighter, Ivan Nikitovich flew in the "Marshal" GIAP, ended the war on it, shot down 17 enemy vehicles on it.

On February 19, 1945, over the Oder, together with Dmitry Titarenko, he met the Me-262. It was one of the first air victories in world aviation over a jet aircraft. In April 1945, Kozhedub drove off a couple of German fighters from the American B-17 with a barrage burst and noticed a group of approaching aircraft. The Soviet ace fired at the presenter - he exploded in the air.

This battle was one of the first air battles with the Americans, the forerunner of the great air war in Korea. In total, during the war, Ivan Nikitovich conducted 330 sorties, 120 air battles, personally shot down 62 enemy aircraft. After the war, Guards Major Kozhedub continued to serve in the 176th Guards. At the end of 1945, in the Moninsk electric train, he met the tenth-grader Veronica, who soon became his wife. In 1949, Ivan Nikitovich graduated from the Military Air Force, received an appointment to the post of divisional commander near Baku, but V. Stalin left him near Moscow. Among the first, the division was armed with the MiG-15 and at the end of 1950 was sent to the Far East. From March 1951 to February 1952, Kozhedub's division won 215 victories in the skies of Korea, shot down 12 "super-fortresses", losing 52 aircraft and 10 pilots. It was one of the brightest pages of the combat use of jet aircraft in the history of the Soviet Air Force. Kozhedub was forbidden to personally participate in hostilities, and he made only training flights. During his business trip, Colonel Kozhedub not only carried out the operational leadership of the division, but also took an active part in the organization, training and rearmament. The life of the commander himself, who became a major general in the summer of 1953, remained unsettled. His family huddled either in a makeshift at the airport, or in an old dacha.

A year later, he was sent to study at the Academy of the General Staff. Part of the course was passed as an external student, after graduating from the academy, Kozhedub was appointed first deputy head of the country's Air Force Combat Training Directorate, from May 1958 to 1964. he was the first deputy commander of the Air Force of the Leningrad and then the Moscow military districts. Until 1970, Ivan Nikitovich regularly flew fighters, mastered dozens of types of aircraft and helicopters. From the post of commander of the Air Force of the Moscow Military District, he returned to the post of First Deputy Chief of the Air Force Combat Training Directorate, from where he was transferred almost 20 years ago, and in 1978 he was transferred to the group of inspectors general of the USSR Ministry of Defense. In 1985 he was awarded the rank of Air Marshal. All this time Kozhedub resignedly carried on a huge social work.

Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny(April 13 (April 25) 1883 - October 26, 1973) - one of the first Marshals of the Soviet Union in the history of the revolution in Russia. Budyonny was drafted into the pre-revolutionary Russian army at the age of 20. He came from the family of a landless laborer. Then - the "errand boy" of the merchant, the handyman of the blacksmith, the fireman ...

In the army, Budyonny was enlisted in the cavalry, participated in the Russian-Japanese war. The imperialist war began for him with a battle near Warsaw. A few days later, he showed himself in intelligence and was awarded the St. George Cross. He finished the war on the Russian-Turkish front with a full "bow" of St. George's crosses of all four degrees and four medals. Finished October Revolution... Demobilization began throughout the army. Together with other soldiers, the gallant cavalryman was returning home, but he took with him from the front a saber, a rifle and a cavalry saddle. Felt: useful. Soon a civil war broke out in the south of Russia, on the Don. The White Cossacks approached the village of Platovskaya, where the Budyonny family lived.

1918: Budyonny - detachment commander. volunteers, squadron commander, cavalry division, assistant regiment commander, brigade commander, acting commander. 1919; Budyonny is the commander of a division, a cavalry corps, an army commander of the 1st Cavalry Army ... Budyonny's great merit was his understanding of the role of cavalry in the new conditions civil war: Cavalry squadrons and regiments of Budyonny attacked swiftly and suddenly, always looking for a battle and invariably put to flight a more numerous enemy. One of the first Semyon Mikhailovich began to seek the creation of cavalry units that could independently solve operational and strategic tasks, and such a unit is the first in the world military history- was created; First Cavalry Army. In incredibly difficult conditions, she carried out a number of classic offensive operations, defeated the countless hordes of Mamontov and Shkuro, Denikin, Wrangel and made a huge contribution to the victory of the Soviet Republic over the White Guards and interventionists. In the history of military art, Budyonny's conceived and brilliantly carried out the thousand-verst transition of the First Horse from the Kuban to the Ukraine in the spring of 1920, to the South-Western Front, entered the history. Budyonny held the posts of a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR and an inspector of the Red Army cavalry, commander of the troops of the Moscow Military District and Deputy People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR, or, already in the Great Patriotic War, commander-in-chief of the troops of the Southwest and North Caucasian directions, commander of the cavalry of the Soviet Army and a member of the Headquarters of the Supreme Command. However, the last posts were for the most part of an honorable nature, since already at the beginning of the Second World War, when the cavalry tasks began to be performed by tank formations, Budyonny's military knowledge was devalued. During the war of 1941-1945, no significant hostilities with his participation were committed. In 1924, Budyonny was involved in a political struggle on the side of I. Stalin (Stalin and Voroshilov were members of his military revolutionary council). A fragment of the biography of that time is described in ruthless terms by Stalin's secretary Bazhanov in his book of memoirs: “In the end, they somehow decided to let him attend a meeting of the famous Politburo. I give orders to let in the summoned servicemen, including Budyonny, into the hall. Budyonny enters on tiptoe, but rattles heavily with heavy boots. Between the table and the wall, the passage is wide, but the whole figure of Budyonny expresses fear that something might not be knocked over and broken. next to Rykov. Budyonny sits down. His mustache sticks out like a cockroach. He looks straight ahead and clearly does not understand anything about what is being said. which, they say, can do anything, even turn a man into a woman. ”Then Budyonny became a marshal, and in 1943 he even entered the Central Committee of the party.

Three medals "Gold Star" were awarded to three people: Marshal of the Soviet Union SM Budyonny. (02/01/1958, 04/24/1963, 02/22/1968), Colonel-General of Aviation Kozhedub I.N. (02/04/1944, 08/19/1944, 08/18/1945) and Air Marshal Pokryshkin A.I. (05.24.1943, 08.24.1943, 08.19.1944).

It's time to write about the hero who became famous in the Great Patriotic War for his feats of arms. After all, such people forged victory. Ivan Kozhedub became a hero of the Soviet Union three times in a row! In the history of the country, such honor was given only to three people: in fact, Kozhedub, Marshal and Defense Minister Semyon Budyonny and pilot Alexander Pokryshkin. The hero of this article was the most productive among the pilots of the Soviet Union and the pilots of the allied forces in the Second World War. He has 64 victories in air battles. Ivan Nikitovich received his first hero star almost 70 years ago - on February 4, 1944. At that time he was 24 years old. Three times the hero of the Soviet Union showed by his example that one in the field can be a warrior.

Born in the village into a poor family of a church head, Ivan Nikitovich was the youngest of five children. The boy was born after a terrible famine. Vanya's father was a man for his low birth, surprisingly educated and intelligent. In between hard work, he read books to children and even wrote poetry. But not only a good education at home was given to his son by the pious church head. The father kept the boy in severity, but within reason. At the age of five, Vanya was already guarding the garden from thieves, not closing his eyes all night. It seemed like a strange thing: thieves were rare guests at that time. At a more conscious age, Kozhedub asked his father why he sent him to guard the garden, which no one really needed. The headman replied that this was only in order to instill in his son resistance to trials.

After graduating from school, the future hero entered the chemical-technological college, at the same time he worked part-time in the library. Ivan Kozhedub, like, treated aviation as a hobby. Just like the first man in space, he went to the flying club, where he showed himself to be a promising pilot. Service in the army finally gave Ivan confidence in the choice of a further profession. He graduated with honors from flight school and, as one of the best cadets, was asked to remain as an instructor pilot. At that time he flew UT-2 and I-16.

During the war, the young pilot was evacuated along with his entire flight school to Kazakhstan. Kozhedub passionately asked the command to send him to the front to beat the Germans. The request was granted only in 1942. In November of the same year, Ivan Nikitovich arrived in Ivanovo, where the 240th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 302nd Fighter Aviation Division was being formed. Six months later, Kozhedub flew to the war, to the Voronezh front.

The first air battle was rather unsuccessful for the future ace. He was shot down by a burst of Messerschmitt-109, and on top of everything else, Soviet anti-aircraft guns accidentally hit his La-5. With great difficulty, Kozhedub landed the plane, but the combat vehicle could not be restored. They even wanted to remove the famous pilot from flights, transferring him to a warning post. The squadron commander stood up for his young talent. The pilot did not disappoint the confidence of his superiors, and in the summer Ivan was awarded the rank of junior lieutenant, and a little later he became deputy commander. On July 6, 1943, Kozhedub shot down his first German plane at the Kursk Bulge. It was the Junkers U-87 bomber. The next day, Ivan repeated his feat, and on July 9 he shot down two fighters at once. In August 1943, the great pilot was appointed squadron commander.

On September 30, 1943, Ivan accompanied the crossing of the troops across the Dnieper. The young pilot, left in the air without cover, noticed German Junkers in the distance. It was reckless, but Kozhedub sent his plane into their slender wedge. The future glorified ace managed to invade the enemy units. German bombers were confused in order, stopped bombing the column of troops and regrouped for the attack. Having gathered in time, the pilot noticed the Junkers "U-87" that had fought back from the "flock", which he shot down. The bombers had to retreat. After the battle, Ivan Nikitovich said a phrase, which he repeated quite often afterwards: "They fight not by numbers, but by skill!"

But after only three days, Ivan had a really hard time. Kozhedub, together with his colleagues, covered the bridgehead on the river bank on nine La-5 aircraft (the pilots called them "lavochkin"). A column of Junkers-87 bombers of nine aircraft, covered by six Me-109 fighters, appeared in the sky. Kozhedub with his comrades was not at a loss and pounced on significant enemy forces who did not expect such agility. Two bombers were shot down, the column turned back, losing combat units. By October 1943, the squadron commander had flown 146 sorties and personally shot down 20 German aircraft.

On February 4, 1944, Ivan Nikitovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for his courage and military valor in battles against the invaders. Despite the frequent shelling by enemy forces, Kozhedub managed to survive in any conditions. After the next destruction of the combat vehicle, a hybrid plane was built with the money of a local collective farmer-beekeeper, on which the ace flew since May 1944. This continued until August, when the hero was assigned a new fighter "La-7". On August 19, for exceptional discipline and military craft, the command awarded Kozhedub the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the second time. He had 256 sorties and 48 downed enemy aircraft.

In mid-February 1945, Ivan Kozhedub was attacked by a plane unknown at that time. It was the newest German Luftwaffe or Me-262 fighter-bomber. The combat vehicle was almost the most advanced marvel of the military industry at the time, due to its impressive speed. But it was also shot down during a prolonged battle by our famous pilot, who was accustomed to attacking from a long distance.

In April 1945, quite a few things happened to Ivan. strange story... Driving away German fighters from the Allied aircraft, Kozhedub was attacked by American combat vehicles, which confused him with a German. Ivan shot down two planes that really belonged to the US Air Force.

On August 18, 1945, for exceptional skill, Kozhedub received the third "Gold Star" of the hero of the Soviet Union. Throughout his flying career, the ace was shot down many times, but he always tried to land the plane, which he succeeded. Distinguished by exceptional skill, superhuman precision and ability to perform the most complex flight aerobatics, Kozhedub rarely went into close combat, trying to hit from a long distance. In 1985 he was promoted to Air Marshal. The hero died on August 8, 1991.

The honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union is the highest degree of distinction of the USSR. He was honored for outstanding service during the conduct of hostilities or for accomplished feats.

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On May 9 we will celebrate - Victory Day - the holiday of the victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War.
This victory was achieved with a huge number of human casualties. Nearly twenty-seven million Soviet men and women gave their lives selflessly fighting the fascist invaders. Eight out of ten German soldiers were killed in Eastern Front in epic battles on Soviet territory, for example, at Stalingrad and Kursk battles which were turning points in the direction of the war. Berlin finally fell in May 1945.
During the Great Patriotic War, the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was officially received by 11657 people, and 90 of them were women.
The honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union is the highest degree of distinction of the USSR. He was honored for outstanding service during the conduct of hostilities or for accomplished feats. In addition, as an exception, and in years of peace.
Many of us know the names of the great commander Georgy Zhukov, who was awarded the Golden Star of the Hero four times, Semyon Budyonny, Kliment Voroshilov, Alexander Pokryshkin and Ivan Kozhedub were awarded three times. Twice this high title was awarded to 153 people. There were also heroes whose names are remembered less often, but their exploits are no less significant from this. Let's remember some of them.

2. Evteev Ivan Alekseevich. 1918 - 03/27/1944 Hero of the Soviet Union.

Evteev Ivan Alekseevich - armor-piercer of the 384th separate battalion of the marines of the Odessa naval base Black Sea Fleet, sailor.
Born in 1918 in the village of Vyazovka, now Tatishchevsky district, Saratov region in a peasant family. In 1939 he was drafted into the Border Troops of the NKVD of the USSR, served as a steering boat MO-125 in the maritime border guard in the city of Batumi, and then in a separate marine battalion at the Odessa naval base. In May 1943, the Red Navy sailor Evteev was sent to the position of an armor-piercer in the formed 384th separate battalion of the Black Sea Fleet marines. In the second half of March 1944, the troops of the 28th Army began fighting to liberate the city of Nikolaev. To facilitate the frontal attack of the attackers, it was decided to land a landing party in the port of Nikolaev. A group of paratroopers was allocated from the 384th separate battalion of the marines. It included 55 sailors, 2 signalmen from the army headquarters and 10 sappers. One of the paratroopers was the Red Navy sailor Evteev. For two days the detachment fought bloody battles, repulsed 18 fierce enemy attacks, while destroying up to 700 enemy soldiers and officers. During the last attack, the Nazis used flamethrower tanks and toxic substances. But nothing could break the resistance of the paratroopers, force them to lay down their arms. They performed with honor combat mission.
On March 28, 1944, Soviet troops liberated Nikolaev. When the attackers broke into the port, they were presented with a picture of the carnage that had taken place here: burnt buildings destroyed by shells, more than 700 corpses of fascist soldiers and officers were lying around, the conflagration smelled foul. From the ruins of the port office, 6 surviving paratroopers barely stood on their feet came out, 2 more were sent to the hospital. In the ruins of the office, they found four more living paratroopers who died of their wounds on the same day. All the officers, all the foremen, sergeants and many Red Navy men fell heroically. Ivan Evteev also died heroically. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 20, 1945, the Red Navy sailor Ivan Alekseevich Evteev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).

3. Ogurtsov Vasily Vasilievich 1917 - 12/25/1944 Hero of the Soviet Union.

Ogurtsov Vasily Vasilyevich - commander of the saber squad of the 1st platoon of the 4th squadron of the 45th Guards Don Cossack Red Banner Cavalry Regiment of the 12th Guards Don Cossack Korsun Red Banner Cavalry Division of the 5th Guards Don Cossack Cavalry Cavalry Red Banner Corps 2 staff Sergeant. Born in 1917 in the village of Dobrynskoe, now Suzdal District, Vladimir Region, in a peasant family. Russian. In July 1941 he was drafted into the Red Army. In battles he was wounded three times (September 25, 1941, November 17, 1942 and April 16, 1943). Particularly distinguished himself during the Debrecen offensive operation. On December 25, 1944, during the Budapest offensive operation, Ogurtsov, in the ranks of his squadron, was one of the first to break into Kecsked station. In the course of a street battle, carried away by the pursuit, he was at the disposal of the Nazis, a horse was killed under him. He continued to destroy the Germans with fire from a machine gun, and when the cartridges ran out, he killed four fascists with a small sapper shovel. Killed in this battle, struck by a machine-gun burst of an enemy armored personnel carrier. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).
Buried in the suburbs of Budapest.

4. Akperov Kazanfar Kulam oglu 04/04/1917 - 08/03/1944 Hero of the Soviet Union

Akperov Kazanfar Kulam oglu
04.04.1917 - 03.08.1944
The hero of the USSR
Akperov Kazanfar Kulam oglu - gun crew of the 1959 anti-tank artillery regiment of the 41st anti-tank artillery brigade of the 2nd tank army of the 1st Belarusian Front, senior sergeant.
Born on April 4, 1917 in the village of Jagri, now the Babek region of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, in a peasant family. Azerbaijani. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1944. In the spring of 1941 he graduated from the Nakhichevan Teachers' Institute named after Mammadguluzade. He began working as the director of the Koshadiz secondary school. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he was drafted into the Red Army. He graduated from the regimental school and from August 1941 took part in the battles against the Nazi invaders. He fought bravely defending his native Caucasus. He was a masterful master of weapons, he knew the sapper business very well. For his courage and bravery in battles against the fascist invaders, in the first year of the war, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the Medal For Courage. Senior Sergeant Akperov particularly distinguished himself in the battles for the liberation of Belarus and Poland in the summer of 1944.
On August 3, 1944, in the area of ​​the village of Nadma (northeast of Warsaw), the crew of the gun of senior sergeant Akperov entered into single combat with tanks. With gunfire and anti-tank grenades, the artillerymen destroyed 4 tanks and about 100 enemy soldiers and officers. Two tanks were personally knocked out by Akperov, who took the place of the wounded gunner. Being wounded, he continued to fight. Killed in this battle. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1944, Senior Sergeant Akperov Kazanfar Kulam oglu was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time.

5.Aksyonov Alexander Mikhailovich 07/23/1919 - 10/16/1943 Hero of the Soviet Union

Aksyonov Alexander Mikhailovich - commander of a rifle company of the 6th Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment (1st Guards Airborne Division, 37th Army, Steppe Front), Guard Senior Lieutenant.
Born on July 23, 1919 in the city of Novonikolaevsk (now Novosibirsk) in the family of an employee. Russian. In 1941 he graduated from the Chita Military Infantry School and in the autumn of the same year he was sent to the active army. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since February 1943. He fought on the North-Western and Steppe fronts. The commander of a rifle company of the guard, senior lieutenant Aksyonov, distinguished himself when he broke through a heavily fortified enemy defensive zone in the area of ​​the village of Likhovka (now the village of Pyatikhatsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region) in October 1943.
The commander of the 6th Guards Airborne Regiment, Colonel Kotlyarov, on October 20 wrote in the award list: “The Guard Senior Lieutenant Aksenov, when breaking through the heavily fortified enemy defenses near the Nezamozhnik collective farm of the Likhovsky District of the Dnipropetrovsk Region, showed exceptional heroism and ability to command a unit. On the move, shooting the Nazis, oy and his company were the first to break into the settlement. Despising danger and death, the company commander inspired the guardsmen to heroic deeds by personal example. On October 16, in the battles for the village of Verkhne-Kamenistoye, the enemy threw a company of "tigers" against Aksenov's paratroopers. The guardsmen bravely accepted an unequal battle. On the orders of their commander, they threw grenades at the tanks, fired at the cracks and, without taking a step back, repelled all enemy counterattacks. Guard Senior Lieutenant Aksenov, at a critical moment of the battle, rushing with a grenade at an enemy tank, died a hero's death. "
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1944, the Guard Senior Lieutenant Alexander Mikhailovich Aksyonov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

6. Naboychenko Pyotr Porfirevich 06/22/1925 - 07/14/1944 Hero of the Soviet Union

Naboychenko Pyotr Porfirevich - machine gunner of the 12th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 5th Guards Rifle Division of the 11th Guards Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front, Guard corporal.
Born June 22, 1925 in the village of Lednoe (now within the city of Kharkov) in a peasant family. Ukrainian. He graduated from 6 classes, worked on a collective farm. In the Red Army since 1943. In the army since August 1943. Moving westward, the troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front reached the Neman River. At dawn on July 14, 1944, units of the 12th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 5th Guards Rifle Division of the 11th Guards Army, in which the machine gunner of the Guard Corporal Naboychenko served, began to force the river north of the village of Merech (Myarkine, Varensky district of Lithuania). Having installed a machine gun on a hastily put together raft, Naboychenko with a group of fighters was one of the first in the division under heavy enemy fire to cross to the opposite bank and opened fire, covering the crossing of the forward battalion.
Trying to prevent our troops from capturing the bridgehead, the enemy unleashed a flurry of fire on a handful of brave men. At the same time, the infantry went into a counterattack. Pyotr Naboichenko let the enemy soldiers at close range, opened accurate machine-gun fire and forced them to lie down. The enemy spotted the firing point and hit it with company machine guns. Mines began to explode around the brave machine gunner. Naboichenko changed the firing position and, holding back the counter-attacking enemy with machine-gun fire, ensuring the passage of the regiment's units across the Neman.
In this battle, the guard corporal Naboichenko was killed. Thanks to his heroic actions, the regiment successfully crossed the river and seized a bridgehead on its right bank.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, the guard corporal Naboychenko Pyotr Porfirievich was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

7. Ubiyvovk Elena Konstantinovna 11/22/1918 - 05/26/1942 Hero of the Soviet Union

Elena Konstantinovna Ubiyvovk - the head of the underground Komsomol-youth group "Unconquered Poltava".
She was born on November 22, 1918 in the city of Poltava (Ukraine). Ukrainian. In 1937 she graduated from the 10th grade of school №10 in Poltava, was a pioneer leader in it. She entered the astronomical department of the physics and mathematics faculty of Kharkov University, in 1941 she graduated from the 4th course. Soon the underground workers of the surrounding villages and villages joined the group - Stepmothers, Abazovka, Maryanovtsy, Shkurupiy. The number of the group reached 20 people (including one communist and 5 Komsomol members). The group had two radio receivers, with the help of which they received and then distributed among the population the reports of the Sovinformburo. In addition, members of the group produced and distributed anti-fascist leaflets. Within 6 months, the underground workers distributed up to 2,000 leaflets, helped 18 prisoners of war to escape and cross into a partisan detachment, blew up the department for the export of youth to Germany, and prepared acts of sabotage. On May 6, 1942, the Gestapo arrested the active members of the group. Among them was Lyalya Ubiyvovk. After brutal torture on May 26, 1942, she was shot along with other members of the underground.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 8, 1965, Elena Konstantinovna Ubivovk was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

8. Babaev Tukhtasin Babaevich 01/12/1923 - 01/15/2000 Hero of the Soviet Union

Babaev Tukhtasin (Tukhtasim) Babaevich - squad commander of the 154th separate reconnaissance company (81st rifle division, 61st army, Belorussian front) junior sergeant.
Born on January 12, 1923 in the village of Dzhan-Ketmen, now in the Uzbekistan region of the Fergana region of Uzbekistan, in a peasant family. Uzbek. Graduated high school, worked on a collective farm. In August 1942 he was drafted into the Red Army by the Koknad district military enlistment office. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since November 1942. The entire combat path passed as part of the 81st Infantry Division, was a scout, squad commander of the 154th separate reconnaissance company. On August 5, 1943, near the village of Krasnaya Roscha (Oryol Region), the Red Army soldier Babaev, acting in reconnaissance, during a combat mission burst into the enemy's location and threw three machine-gun points with anti-tank grenades, captured a machine gun and 2 prisoners, whom he delivered to the command. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree.
On the night of October 2, 1943, junior sergeant Babaev, performing a reconnaissance mission, secretly with his squad crossed the Dnieper River in the area of ​​the Zmeya farm (Repkinsky district of the Chernigov region of Ukraine). On the morning of October 2, conducting reconnaissance, with three fighters burst into the enemy's trenches, threw 6 light machine guns with grenades and exterminated 10 Nazis. The scouts repelled 3 counterattacks and retreated to the platoon's location when they ran out of ammunition. On October 3 and 4, he participated in repelling 6 counterattacks, despite being seriously wounded, he raised his fighters to counterattack. Was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
After recovering, he returned to his company. On the night of December 21, 1943, in the area of ​​the village of Prudok (Belarus), junior sergeant Babaev, as part of a reconnaissance group, participated in the capture of a control prisoner. He personally destroyed a machine-gun point and 4 Nazis, seized documents and a prisoner who provided valuable information. He was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated January 15, 1944, Junior Sergeant Babaev Tukhtasim was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

9.Emirov Valentin Allahiyarovich 12/17/1914 - 09/10/1942 Hero of the Soviet Union

Amirov Valentin Allahiyarovich - Commander of the 926th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 219th Bomber Aviation Division of the 4th Air Army of the Transcaucasian Front, captain.

Born on December 17, 1914 in the village of Akhty, now in the Akhtyn district of Dagestan, in a working class family. Lezgin. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1940. He studied at the aviation technical school, graduated from the Taganrog flying club. In the Red Army since 1935. In 1939 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation School. Member of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-40. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. The commander of the 926th Fighter Aviation Regiment (219th Bomber Aviation Division, 4th Air Army, Transcaucasian Front) Captain Valentin Emirov made 170 sorties by September 1942, personally shot down 7 enemy aircraft in air battles. On September 10, 1942, while escorting bombers in the area of ​​the city of Mozdok, he entered into battle with 6 enemy fighters in tandem, shot down one of them, then rammed the other with his burning plane, at the cost of his life ...
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 13, 1942, Captain Valentin Allahiyarovich Emirov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner.

10. Yakovenko Alexander Sviridovich 08/20/1913 - 07/23/1944 Hero of the Soviet Union

Yakovenko Alexander Sviridovich - tank driver of the 58th Tank Brigade (8th Guards Tank Corps, 2nd Tank Army, 1st Belorussian Front), junior sergeant.

Born on August 7 (20), 1913 in the village of Piskoshino, now Veselovsky district, Zaporozhye region (Ukraine) in a peasant family. Ukrainian. Primary education. He worked as a tractor driver. With the beginning of the Great patriotic war was evacuated in Azerbaijan. In the army since March 1942. Member of the Great Patriotic War since 1942 as a mechanic-driver of a tank of the 58th Tank Brigade. Particularly distinguished himself during the liberation of Poland.
On July 23, 1944, skillfully maneuvering on the battlefield, he led his tank through dense anti-tank defenses and burst into the city of Lublin, an important enemy stronghold that covered the path to Warsaw. At the same time, 3 guns and 4 mortars of the enemy were destroyed. Rapidly advancing through the city and destroying enemy vehicles and carts with caterpillars, A.S. Yakovenko was the first to break into the central square, which the Nazis turned into a heavily fortified stronghold. The tank was set on fire by intense enemy fire, but A.S. Yakovenko managed to extinguish the flames and continued to carry out the combat mission assigned to the crew. The enemy concentrated anti-tank gun fire on his vehicle and knocked it out. The brave tanker left the burning tank and, hiding behind his armor, began to destroy the Nazis who surrounded him with grenades and machine gun fire. At the moment when it seemed that the Nazis had managed to take our warrior prisoner, a strong explosion shook the air - it was a tank that buried Alexander Yakovenko under its wreckage. Together with him, dozens of enemies who surrounded him were found here. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 22, 1944, Junior Sergeant Yakovenko Alexander Sviridovich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).
Awarded the Order of Lenin (1944; posthumously).
Buried in the city of Lublin (Poland).

11. Zhdanov Alexey Mitrofanovich 03/17/1917 - 07/14/1944 Hero of the Soviet Union

Zhdanov Alexey Mitrofanovich - battalion commander of the 287th Rifle Regiment (51st Rifle Vitebsk Red Banner Division, 6th Guards Army, 1st Baltic Front), major.
Born on March 17, 1917 in the village of Krugloye, now in the Krasnyansky District of the Belgorod Region, into a peasant family. Russian. During the Great Patriotic War, in the army since June 1941. He fought on the Western, North-Western, again Western, 1st Baltic fronts. Wounded twice, shell-shocked.
Particularly distinguished himself during the Siauliai offensive operation.
On July 14, 1944, together with his battalion, he was surrounded in the area of ​​the village of Beinary (Braslav district, Vitebsk region). Having occupied a perimeter defense, the battalion repelled enemy attacks for several hours. In these battles, 3 tanks and 2 assault guns were knocked out, over a company of enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed. He organized a breakthrough of the enemy ring, while he himself, with a small group of fighters, covered the battalion from the rear. Rescuing the soldiers of his battalion, he personally fired from a machine gun to the last bullet, until he was mortally wounded and died on the battlefield. The battalion broke through to its own.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945, Aleksey Mitrofanovich Zhdanov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).

12.Rafiev Najafkuli Rajabali oglu 03/22/1912 - 12/24/1970 Hero of the Soviet Union

Rafiev Najafkuli Rajabali oglu - commander of a tank platoon of the 3rd tank regiment of the 37th mechanized brigade of the 1st mechanized corps of the 1st Belorussian Front, junior lieutenant. Born on March 22, 1912 in the city of Ordubad, now the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, into a worker's family. Azerbaijani. In 1935 he was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the armored forces. After completing military service, he remained in the army, entered a military school. On the eve of the war, he graduated from the Leningrad Higher Armored School. Member of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. Already on the fourth day of the war, June 26, tanker Rafiev entered the battle with the Nazis near the Ukrainian city of Kremnets. He was wounded in the head but remained in the ranks.
During the retreat, Rafiev distinguished himself in many battles near the Ukrainian cities of Zhitomir and Kharkov. In only one battle near Poltava, Rafiev's tankers disabled two heavy German tanks, six guns and more than fifty Nazi soldiers.
During the battle in the Matveyev Kurgan area, Rafiev was wounded for the third time, and again did not leave the battlefield. Rafiev's crew destroyed an enemy tank, two heavy guns, a mortar and thirty-five Nazi soldiers. For courage and bravery, the brave tanker was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
The commander of a tank platoon, junior lieutenant Rafiev, distinguished himself in the battles for the liberation of Belarus. He skillfully organized the actions of the platoon during the offensive. On June 26, 1944, near Bobruisk, tankers captured the crossing of the Ptich River and, riding the Bobruisk-Glusk highway, cut off the enemy's escape routes. On June 27, pursuing the enemy, a tank platoon burst into the settlement of Lenino (Goretsky district of the Mogilev region). On July 8, Rafiev's tankmen were the first to enter the streets of the city of Baranovichi.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 26, 1944, Junior Lieutenant Rafiev Najafkuli Rajabali oglu was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal

13. Ivanov Yakov Matveevich 10/17/1916 - 11/17/1941 Hero of the Soviet Union

Born on October 17, 1916 in the village of Selivanovo, now Volotovsky district Novgorod region in a peasant family. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1941. In 1936 he graduated from the Higher Parachute School, worked as an instructor pilot in the Novgorod Aero Club.
In the Navy since November 1939. Graduated from the Yeisk Naval Aviation School named after I.V. Stalin in August 1940. Sent to the 32nd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Black Sea Fleet Air Force. Member of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. Member of the defense of Sevastopol. He flew for reconnaissance, ground attack of enemy troops. Participated in air battles.
On November 12, 1941, junior lieutenant Ivanov Y.M. was on duty at his airfield. On an alarm signal, he took to the skies on a MiG-3 aircraft in tandem with Lieutenant N.I. Savva. to repel the raid of enemy aircraft on the main base of the Black Sea Fleet. When approaching Sevastopol, they found 9 enemy bombers He-111. Covering themselves with clouds, our pilots unexpectedly attacked the enemy. After a few minutes of the battle, Ivanov managed to shoot down one Heinkel. The formation of the bombers was disrupted, and they began to make their way to the target one by one. Having made a combat turn, Ivanov found himself next to another Heinkel. An enemy shooter opened fire on him. After giving several bursts, Ivanov made the last decisive approach, caught the bomber in the sight and pressed the trigger, but no shots followed. Then he came close and struck a propeller blow on the tail of the "Heinkel". Having lost control, he went like a stone to the ground and exploded on his own bombs. With a damaged hood and propeller, Ivanov landed at his airfield.
A few days later, in an air battle, he shot down another enemy aircraft. On November 17, 1941, while repelling a massive air raid on the city in a battle with 31 enemy bombers accompanied by fighters, he shot down Do-215. Then he attacked the second. Enemy arrows opened fire on him from all firing points. Ivanov managed to hit the Dornier with a burst mark. The damaged bomber tried to escape towards the sea. Ivanov at full throttle caught up with him and destroyed him with a ram. The wreckage of both aircraft fell into the sea.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to Yakov Matveyevich Ivanov posthumously on January 17, 1942.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin.

14. Safronova Valentina Ivanovna 1918 - 05/01/1943 Hero of the Soviet Union

Safronova Valentina Ivanovna - partisan intelligence officer of the Bryansk city partisan detachment.
She was born in 1918 in the city of Bryansk. Russian. a member of the Great Patriotic War since August 1941.
The partisan of the Bryansk city partisan detachment, the scout of the Komsomol member Valentina Safronova, in early September 1941, as part of a reconnaissance and sabotage group, was thrown behind enemy lines in the Kletnyansky forests, where she took part in ambushes and sabotage, in collecting intelligence information about the deployment of enemy troops. She repeatedly crossed the front line. In occupied Bryansk, she created 10 clandestine meetings; delivered explosives, mines, leaflets, newspapers to the city. Got information about the system for the squad air defense, on the movement of enemy railway echelons, the layout of aircraft at the Bryansk airfield. According to her information, 58 enemy aircraft and 5 anti-aircraft batteries, an oil depot, an ammunition depot, and several train trains were destroyed.
On December 17, 1942, while performing a combat mission, the brave partisan intelligence officer V.I. Safronova was seriously wounded and was taken prisoner in an unconscious state. She was tortured to death in the dungeons of the Gestapo on May 1, 1943.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 8, 1965, Valentina Ivanovna Safronova was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
She was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Star.

I had to post the long-promised post by May 8 ...
everyone was waiting for the promised photos ...
Bearing in mind that the way to dinner is a spoon - but in the bed // uy is not needed(with)
I write, relying on the material that you (if desired) will be easy to check.

so, the well-known heroes of the USSR twice, three times, four times

Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich (12/01/1896 - 06/18/1974) - (three times Hero of the USSR at the time of the end of the Second World War)
1 star - (Decree of August 28, 1939, Gold Star No. 435) for the battles near Khalkin-Gol (Mongolian People's Republic)
2 star (Decree of July 29, 1944, Gold Star No. 22) for crossing the Dnieper and reaching the borders of the USSR
3rd Star (Decree of June 1, 1945, Gold Star No. 2) for the capture of Berlin
In 1956 (01.12.1956, Gold Star No. 1), the Minister of Defense of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. awarded the fourth "Gold Star". Several points should be noted here. First, formally, he was awarded on the occasion of his 60th birthday, which the Regulation on the title of Hero of the Soviet Union did not provide. Secondly, this Regulation determined the awarding of one person with only three “Gold Stars”. Thirdly, he was awarded a month after the “mutiny” in Hungary, the suppression of which by the forces of the Soviet Army he personally organized, ie. merits in Hungarian events were the real reason for the award.)
+ Star of the Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic (1969) + two St.George crosses in the First World War ...
see here (wikipedia to help you :)
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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (well, in peacetime all 4 were assigned to him, but ... you can't throw out a line from the song) + he is also a hero of social services. labor
(if it is badly needed, I will post all of his 86 awards - but in a different text)

Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny 13 (25) .04.1883 - October 26, 1973 - also became a hero three times in peacetime (Khrushchev's decrees of February 1, 1958 and April 24, 1963);
and Brezhnev awarded the 85-year-old Marshal with the third “Golden Star” in 1968 (Decree of February 22, 1968)
We will also place him here, even if for pre-war and pre-revolutionary merits
Few people know that he is FULL George Knight(4 St. George's crosses and 4 St. George medals for bravery)
as well as 5 Orders of the Battle Red Banner and one of the first holders of the Orders of Lenin (and all this, like the marshal title - before the beginning of the Second World War, for the civilian)

I can't help but put this photo (thanks for the photo to my Kiev friend Andrey Weber!)

Now about THREE pilots three times heroes of the USSR
(have you only heard about two?)

Here is the most famous of the official photographs of THREE three times Heroes of the USSR:

1. Pokryshkin Alexander Ivanovich (March 6, 1913 - November 13, 1985)
1st Star - (Decree of 05.24.1943, Hero's Star No. 993)
2nd star - (Decree of 08.24.1943, Hero's Star No. 10)
3rd Star - (Decree of 08/19/1944, Hero's Star No. 1)

3. Kozhedub Ivan Nikitovich (June 8, 1920 - August 8, 1991)
1st star - (Decree of 02/04/1944, Hero's Star No. 1472)
2nd star - (Decree of 08/19/1944, Hero's Star No. 36)
3rd Star - (Decree of 08/18/1945, Hero's Star No. 3)

But there was also a fourth ...
Gulaev Nikolay Dmitrievich (February 26, 1918 - September 27, 1985)
Moreover, he should have received his third star of the Hero of the USSR in July 1944. First!
Here is a scan from the newspaper - with the Decree on the nomination for the title of Three times Hero of the USSR.

1st star - (Decree of 09/28/1943, Hero's Star No. 1497)
2nd star - (Decree from ???????, Hero's Star No. ???????)
3rd star - (Decree of 07/01/1944, delivery did not take place)

Here is a photo from the newspaper about the performance

What happened?
And why the famous ace, who personally shot down 57 enemy aircraft (and 4 in the group), being presented for a high award, summoned from the front to Moscow to receive it, never received it?
And the famous Ivan Kozhedub and Alexander Pokryshkin were able to surpass his achievement in 57 personally shot down planes (in 69 combat missions!) Only a year later! Pokryshkin shot down his 59th after the announcement of surrender, on May 8, 1945.

And Gulaev himself no longer flew since August 1944 (early September).

It's all the fault of human envy and gray rear restaurant mice in greatcoats ... provoking an unrestrained and honest major to shout "And you, rear bitches, can only walk around restaurants, shoot prisoners in the back of the head, lie behind our backs in foreign detachments, and denunciations to write to friends! "

Maybe it is worth canceling this cancellation already?

Moreover, on the Don, where Nikolai comes from - this "rehabilitation" would be VERY handy

* but I personally would very much like to see the originals of the award decrees and the denunciations that became the reason for their cancellation

And we would not have had 98 twice heroes of the Second World War, but 105
Including two from the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Ouch!
Who doesn't catch flies in the premium department? :)
Reread at the very beginning of the post - the proverb about a spoon!

The concept of “twice, three times, four times a Hero” seems a bit strange today, perhaps it would be more correct to talk about being awarded several “Gold Star” medals. But this is a fact of our history, and it cannot be bypassed.

For the first time, three pilots became Heroes twice for military exploits shown in battles with Japanese interventionists on the Khalkhin-Gol River in 1939: Major Sergei Ivanovich Gritsevets and Colonel Grigory Panteleevich Kravchenko (Decree of August 29), as well as corps commander Yakov Vladimirovich Smushkevich (Decree of November 17). The fate of all three was tragic.

Marshal of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army H. Choibalsan congratulates twice Hero of the Soviet Union S.I.Gritsevets with a high government award

Gritsevets shot down 11 enemy aircraft in the sky of Khalkhin-Gol. He died in a plane crash less than a month after being awarded. Kravchenko, who commanded a fighter regiment on Khalkhin Gol and shot down 7 Japanese aircraft during the conflict, in 1940 became the youngest lieutenant general of the Red Army. In the Great Patriotic War, he successfully commanded an air division, but on February 23, 1943, he died after jumping out of a downed plane and unable to use a parachute (his pull rope was broken by a shrapnel). Smushkevich was arrested in the summer of 1941 and shot in the fall of the same year.

Kravchenko and Gritsevets became the first twice Heroes of the Soviet Union

In 1940, the number of Heroes twice increased by two: the head of the rescue expedition to remove the icebreaker "Georgy Sedov" from the ice, Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin became twice a Hero (Decree of February 3), the second " Gold Star"For battles in Finland was received by the pilot of the division commander Sergei Prokofievich Denisov (Decree of March 21).

I. D. Papanin at the drifting station SP-1

During the Great Patriotic War, 101 people became twice Heroes, seven of them were posthumous. Pilot Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant Colonel Stepan Pavlovich Suprun By the decree of July 22, 1941, he was the first during the Great Patriotic War to be awarded the second Gold Star medal. On June 14, 1942, the first twice Hero appeared, both times awarded this title during the war. This was also a pilot, the commander of the fighter regiment of the Northern Fleet of the Guard, Lieutenant Colonel Boris Feoktistovich Safonov.

Among the twice Heroes were three Marshals of the Soviet Union - Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky, Ivan Stepanovich Konev and Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky, one Chief Marshal of Aviation - Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov, 21 generals and 76 officers. There were no soldiers and sergeants among the twice Heroes.

During the Second World War, 101 people became Heroes twice, 7 of them posthumously

It should be noted that in 1944, the Decrees were promulgated on awarding the navigator of the fighter aviation regiment Major Nikolai Dmitrievich Gulaev (during the war years he made 250 sorties, personally shot down 55 enemy aircraft in 49 air battles) with the third "Golden Star", as well as a number of pilots of the second "Golden Star", but none of them received awards because of the brawl they arranged in a Moscow restaurant on the eve of receiving. The decrees were canceled.

Nikolay Dmitrievich Gulaev

After the war, the number of Heroes twice continued to increase. In 1948, Lieutenant Colonel, the future Chief Marshal of the USSR Aviation, Alexander Ivanovich Koldunov, was awarded the second Gold Star medal. During the war years, Koldunov flew 412 sorties, personally shot down 46 enemy aircraft in 96 air battles.

In September 1957, the famous pilot Vladimir Konstantinovich Kokkinaki was awarded the title of twice Hero of the Soviet Union for testing aviation technology, the first he received back in 1938.

In total, 154 people became Heroes of the Soviet Union twice

Marshals of the Soviet Union Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko, Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky, Ivan Khristoforovich Baghramyan, Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko and Matvey Vasilievich Zakharov received the second "Gold Star" after the war in connection with various anniversaries, and Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Sergei Georgievich Sovetskogo Eremovich Voroshilov and Andrei Antonovich Grechko generally became twice Heroes only in peacetime.

G. T. Beregovoy on the stamp of the USSR Post

In November 1968, pilot-cosmonaut Georgy Timofeevich Beregovoy was awarded the title of twice Hero of the Soviet Union, and he received his first award during the Great Patriotic War for 186 sorties on the Il-2 attack aircraft. In 1969, the first cosmonauts appeared - twice Heroes, who received both "Stars" for space flights: Colonel Vladimir Alexandrovich Shatalov and Candidate of Technical Sciences Alexei Stanislavovich Eliseev (Decree of October 22). In 1971, they were both the first in the world to make a space flight for the third time, but they were not given the third Golden Stars: perhaps because this flight was unsuccessful and was interrupted on the second day. In the future, the cosmonauts who completed the third and even the fourth space flight did not receive additional "Stars", but were awarded the Order of Lenin. Only 35 people received the title of twice Hero for space exploration.

The last two-time Hero was the commander of a tank brigade, Major General Azi Agadovich Aslanov, who was posthumously awarded the second rank (Decree of June 21, 1991).

A.I. Pokryshkin - the first three times Hero of the Soviet Union

In total, 154 people became Heroes of the Soviet Union twice. The overwhelming majority of them - 71 people - are pilots, 15 tankers, 3 sailors, 2 partisans. The only woman among the twice Heroes is pilot-cosmonaut Svetlana Evgenievna Savitskaya, daughter of twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Air Marshal Evgeny Yakovlevich Savitsky.

Svetlana Evgenievna Savitskaya

On August 19, 1944, Colonel Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin became the first three times Hero of the Soviet Union, who during the war years flew 650 sorties, conducted 156 air battles, and personally shot down 59 enemy aircraft. In 1945, Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, who was awarded the fourth "Star" (Decree of December 1, 1956) on the occasion of his 60th birthday, and Major Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub, became Heroes three times.

After the war, in connection with various anniversaries, Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny became Hero three times and Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev became Hero four times.