List of Heroes of the Soviet Union (M)

The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction of the Soviet Union. Due to the large size of the list, it has been broken up into multiple pages.

The title Hero of the Soviet Union was created by the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars on 16 April 1934. Recipients of the title received the highest Soviet award, the Order of Lenin. Since the Order of Lenin was also awarded to individuals who did not receive the Hero of the Soviet Union title, the Gold Star Medal was created on 1 August 1939 to distinguish Heroes of the Soviet Union from others. Henceforth, Heroes were given both the Gold Star Medal and the Order of Lenin during the award ceremony.

Listed here are the Heroes of the Soviet Union whose last names begin with the letter "M".

Recipients
This list is broken up into alphabetical sections for Soviet military personnel, Soviet partisans, Soviet cosmonauts, Foreign cosmonauts, Soviet civilians, and Foreign civilians. Heroes of the Soviet Union who received the title more than once have separate entries. The unit and rank listed are those held at the time of the award. The Russian names of the Soviet recipients are listed below their names in English. The native name of the recipient (if not Russian) is listed below the Russian name if it differs from the English name of the recipient. For foreign recipients, the native name is listed only if it differs from the English name of the recipient.