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Hero of the Soviet Union
HONOR
Established 16 April 1934, and awarded approximately 12,500 times during the existance of the USSR. After disintegration, it is now awarded as Hero of Russia.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Ahmed Ben Bella |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1918 |
11-Apr-2012 |
President of Algeria, 1963-65 |
| Vladimir Komarov |
Astronaut |
16-Mar-1927 |
24-Apr-1967 |
Pilot of Soyuz 1 plunged to his death |
| Alexei Leonov |
Astronaut |
30-May-1934 |
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First man to walk in space |
| Andrian Nikolayev |
Astronaut |
5-Sep-1929 |
3-Jul-2004 |
Third Russian cosmonaut in space |
| Richard Sorge |
Spy |
4-Oct-1895 |
7-Nov-1944 |
Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa |
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