List of female Heroes of the Soviet Union

This is a list of female Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Recipients

  This color, along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the title was awarded posthumously.

Soviet military personnel

Image	Name	Unit	Rank	Date of award	Notes	References
	Grizodubova, ValentinaValentina Grizodubova Валентина Гризодубова	101st Long-Range Air Regiment	Colonel	000000001938-11-02-00002 November 1938	—	[1]
	Osipenko, PolinaPolina Osipenko Полина Осипенко	—	Major	000000001938-11-02-00002 November 1938	—	[2]
	Raskova, MarinaMarina Raskova Марина Раскова	587th Dive Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001938-11-02-00002 November 1938	—	[3]
	Zelenko, YekaterinaYekaterina Zelenko Екатерина Зеленко	135th Light Bomber Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001990-05-05-00005 May 1990 *	Killed in action on 12 September 1941	[4]
—	Aronova, RaisaRaisa Aronova Раиса Аронова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001946-05-15-000015 May 1946	—	[5]
—	Belik, VeraVera Belik Вера Белик	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Lieutenant	000000001945-02-23-000023 February 1945 *	Killed in action on 25 August 1944	[6]
—	Makarova, TatyanaTatyana Makarova Татьяна Макарова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Lieutenant	000000001945-02-23-000023 February 1945 *	Killed in action on 25 August 1944	[7]
—	Chechneva, MarinaMarina Chechneva Марина Чечнева	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001946-08-15-000015 August 1946	—	[8]
—	Gasheva, RufinaRufina Gasheva Руфина Гашева	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001945-02-23-000023 February 1945	—	[9]
—	Sanfirova, OlgaOlga Sanfirova Ольга Санфирова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Captain	000000001945-02-23-000023 February 1945 *	Killed in action on 13 December 1944	[10]
—	Gelman, PolinaPolina Gelman Полина Гельман	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001946-05-15-000015 May 1946	—	[11]
—	Khudyakova, AntoninaAntonina Khudyakova Антонина Худякова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001946-05-15-000015 May 1946	—	[12]
—	Litvinova, LarisaLarisa Litvinova Лариса Литвинова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Captain	000000001945-02-23-000023 February 1945	—	[13]
—	Meklin, NatalyaNatalya Meklin Наталья Меклин	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001945-02-23-000023 February 1945	—	[14]
—	Nikulina, YevdokiyaYevdokiya Nikulina Евдокия Никулина	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001944-10-26-000026 October 1944	—	[15]
—	Nosal, YevdokiyaYevdokiya Nosal Евдокия Носаль	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Junior Lieutenant	000000001943-05-24-000024 May 1943 *	Killed in action on 23 April 1943	[16]
—	Parfenova, ZoyaZoya Parfenova Зоя Парфёнова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001945-08-18-000018 August 1945	—	[17]
—	Pasko, YevdokiyaYevdokiya Pasko Евдокия Пасько	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001944-10-26-000026 October 1944	—	[18]
—	Popova, NadezhdaNadezhda Popova Надежда Попова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Captain	000000001945-02-23-000023 February 1945	—	[19]
—	Raspopova, NinaNina Raspopova Нина Распопова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001946-05-15-000015 May 1946	—	[20]
	Rudneva, YevgeniyaYevgeniya Rudneva Евгения Руднева	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001944-10-26-000026 October 1944 *	Killed in action on 9 April 1944	[21]
—	Ryabova, YekaterinaYekaterina Ryabova Екатерина Рябова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001945-02-23-000023 February 1945	—	[22]
—	Sebrova, IrinaIrina Sebrova Ирина Себрова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001945-02-23-000023 February 1945	—	[23]
—	Smirnova, MariyaMariya Smirnova Мария Смирнова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001944-10-26-000026 October 1944	—	[24]
—	Syrtlanova, MagubaMaguba Syrtlanova Магуба Сыртланова	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001946-05-15-000015 May 1946	—	[25]
—	Ulyanenko, NinaNina Ulyanenko Нина Ульяненко	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Lieutenant	000000001945-08-18-000018 August 1945	—	[26]
—	Zhigulenko, YevgeniyaYevgeniya Zhigulenko Евгения Жигуленко	46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001945-02-23-000023 February 1945	—	[27]
	Dolina, MariyaMariya Dolina Мария Долина	125th Guards Dive Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001945-08-18-000018 August 1945	—	[28]
—	Dzhunkovskaya, GalinaGalina Dzhunkovskaya Галина Джунковская	125th Guards Dive Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001945-08-18-000018 August 1945	—	[29]
—	Fedutenko, NadezhdaNadezhda Fedutenko Надежда Федутенко	125th Guards Dive Bomber Regiment	Major	000000001945-08-18-000018 August 1945	—	[30]
—	Fomicheva, KlavdiyaKlavdiya Fomicheva Клавдия Фомичёва	125th Guards Dive Bomber Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel	000000001945-08-18-000018 August 1945	—	[31]
—	Zubkova, AntoninaAntonina Zubkova Антонина Зубкова	125th Guards Dive Bomber Regiment	Captain	000000001945-08-18-000018 August 1945	—	[32]
	Litvyak, LidiyaLidiya Litvyak Лидия Литвяк	73rd Guards Fighter Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001990-05-05-00005 May 1990	—	[33]
—	Konstantinova, TamaraTamara Konstantinova Тамара Константинова	999th Ground Attack Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001945-06-29-000029 June 1945	—	[34]
	Timofeyeva, AnnaAnna Timofeyeva Анна Тимофеева	805th Ground Attack Air Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001965-05-06-00006 May 1965	—	[35]
	Baramzina, TatyanaTatyana Baramzina Татьяна Барамзина	252nd Rifle Regiment	Corporal	000000001945-03-24-000024 March 1945 *	Killed in action on 5 July 1944	[36]
—	Stempkovskaya, YelenaYelena Stempkovskaya Елена Стемпковская	216th Rifle Regiment	Junior Sergeant	000000001946-05-15-000015 May 1946 *	Killed in action on 26 June 1942	[37]
—	Mametova, MansiyaMansiya Mametova Маншук Маметова	21st Guards Rifle Division	Senior Sergeant	000000001944-03-01-00001 March 1944 *	Killed in action on 15 October 1943	[38]
—	Onilova, NeonilaNeonila Onilova Нина Онилова	54th Rifle Regiment	Senior Sergeant	000000001965-05-14-000014 May 1965 *	Died of wounds on 8 March 1942	[39]
—	Batrakova, MariyaMariya Batrakova Мария Батракова	463rd Rifle Regiment	Junior Lieutenant	000000001944-03-19-000019 March 1944	—	[40]
—	Nikandrova, AnnaAnna Nikandrova Анна Никандрова	426th Rifle Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001945-03-24-000024 March 1945 *	Killed in action on 23 June 1944	[41]
—	Kostyrina, TatyanaTatyana Kostyrina Татьяна Костырина	691st Rifle Regiment	Junior Sergeant	000000001944-05-16-000016 May 1944 *	Killed in action on 22 November 1942	[42]
—	Kovshova, NatalyaNatalya Kovshova Наталья Ковшова	528th Rifle Regiment	Private	000000001943-02-14-000014 February 1943 *	Killed in action on 14 August 1942	[43]
—	Polivanova, MariyaMariya Polivanova Мария Поливанова	528th Rifle Regiment	Private	000000001943-02-14-000014 February 1943 *	Killed in action on 14 August 1942	[44]
—	Moldagulova, AliyaAliya Moldagulova Алия Молдагулова	54th Independent Rifle Brigade	Corporal	000000001944-06-04-00004 June 1944 *	Killed in action on 14 January 1944	[45]
	Pavlichenko, LyudmilaLyudmila Pavlichenko Людмила Павличенко	54th Rifle Regiment	Major	000000001943-10-25-000025 October 1943	—	[46]
—	Levchenko, IrinaIrina Levchenko Ирина Левченко	41st Tank Brigade	Lieutenant Colonel	000000001965-05-06-00006 May 1965	—	[47]
—	Oktyabrskaya, MariyaMariya Oktyabrskaya Мария Октябрьская	26th Guards Tank Brigade	Senior Sergeant	000000001944-08-02-00002 August 1944 *	Died of wounds on 15 March 1944	[48]
	Bayda, MariyaMariya Bayda Мария Байда	514th Rifle Regiment	Senior Sergeant	000000001942-06-20-000020 June 1942	—	[49]
—	Borovichenko, MariyaMariya Borovichenko Мария Боровиченко	32nd Guards Artillery Regiment	Sergeant	000000001965-05-06-00006 May 1965 *	Killed in action on 4 July 1943	[50]
—	Gnarovskaya, ValeriyaValeriya Gnarovskaya Валерия Гнаровская	907th Rifle Regiment	Senior Medical NCO	000000001944-06-03-00003 June 1944 *	Killed in action on 23 September 1943	[51]
—	Kashcheyeva, VeraVera Kashcheyeva Вера Кащеева	120th Rifle Regiment	Senior Lieutenant	000000001944-02-28-000028 February 1944	—	[52]
—	Konstantinova, KseniyaKseniya Konstantinova Ксения Константинова	730th Rifle Regiment	Senior Medical NCO	000000001944-06-04-00004 June 1944 *	Captured and executed on 1 October 1943	[53]
—	Kravets, LyudmilaLyudmila Kravets Людмила Кравец	63rd Guards Rifle Regiment	Senior Sergeant	000000001945-05-31-000031 May 1945	—	[54]
—	Mareseva, ZinaidaZinaida Mareseva Зинаида Маресева	214th Guards Rifle Regiment	Senior Sergeant	000000001944-02-22-000022 February 1944 *	Died of wounds on 6 August 1943	[55]
—	Pushina, FedoraFedora Pushina Федора Пушина	520th Rifle Regiment	Lieutenant	000000001944-01-10-000010 January 1944 *	Killed in action on 6 November 1943	[56]
—	Samsonova, ZinaidaZinaida Samsonova Зинаида Самсонова	667th Rifle Regiment	Senior Sergeant	000000001944-06-03-00003 June 1944 *	Killed in action on 27 January 1944	[57]
—	Shcherbachenko, MariyaMariya Shcherbachenko Мария Щербаченко	835th Rifle Regiment	Senior NCO	000000001943-10-23-000023 October 1943	—	[58]
—	Shkarletova, MariyaMariya Shkarletova Мария Шкарлетова	170th Guards Rifle Regiment	Senior NCO	000000001945-03-24-000024 March 1945	—	[59]
—	Tusnolobova-Marchenko, ZinaidaZinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko Зинаида Туснолобова-Марченко	1849th Rifle Regiment	Senior Medical NCO	000000001957-12-06-00006 December 1957	—	[60]
	Mikhaylova-Demina, YekaterinaYekaterina Mikhaylova-Demina Екатерина Михайлова-Дёмина	369th Independent Naval Infantry Battalion	Chief Petty Officer	000000001990-05-05-00005 May 1990	—	[61]
—	Petrova, GalinaGalina Petrova Антонина Петрова	386th Independent Naval Infantry Battalion	Chief Petty Officer	000000001943-11-17-000017 November 1943 *	Killed in action on 8 December 1943	[62]
—	Tsukanova, MariyaMariya Tsukanova Мария Цуканова	355th Independent Guards Naval Infantry Battalion	Corporal	000000001945-09-14-000014 September 1945 *	Killed in action on 14 August 1945	[63]
—	Gnilitskaya, NinaNina Gnilitskaya Нина Гнилицкая	383rd Rifle Division	Private	000000001943-03-31-000031 March 1943 *	Killed in action on 10 December 1941	[64]

Soviet partisans

Image	Name	Date of award	Notes	References
—	Chaykina, YelizavetaYelizaveta Chaykina Елизавета Чайкина	000000001942-03-06-00006 March 1942 *	Captured and executed on 22 November 1941	[65]
—	Kolesova, YelenaYelena Kolesova Елена Колесова	000000001944-11-21-000021 November 1944 *	Killed in action on 11 September 1942	[66]
	Kosmodemyanskaya, ZoyaZoya Kosmodemyanskaya Зоя Космодемьянская	000000001942-02-16-000016 February 1942 *	Captured and executed on 29 November 1941	[67]
—	Marinenko, TatyanaTatyana Marinenko Татьяна Мариненко	000000001965-05-08-00008 May 1965 *	Captured and executed on 2 February 1942	[68]
—	Maslovskaya, AnnaAnna Maslovskaya Анна Масловская	000000001944-05-15-000015 May 1944	—	[69]
	Melnikaite, MaryteMaryte Melnikaite Мария Мельникайте	000000001944-03-22-000022 March 1944 *	Captured and executed on 13 July 1943	[70]
—	Petrova, AntoninaAntonina Petrova Антонина Петрова	000000001942-04-08-00008 April 1942 *	Killed in action on 4 November 1941	[71]
—	Ratushnaya, LarissaLarissa Ratushnaya Лариса Ратушная	000000001965-06-08-00008 June 1965 *	Killed in action on 18 March 1944	[72]
—	Safronova, ValentinaValentina Safronova Валентина Сафронова	000000001965-05-08-00008 May 1965 *	Captured and executed on 1 May 1943	[73]
—	Kullmann, HeleneHelene Kullmann Леэн Кульман	000000001965-05-08-00008 May 1965 *	Captured and executed on 6 March 1943	[74]
—	Lisitsyna, AnnaAnna Lisitsyna Анна Лисицына	000000001943-09-25-000025 September 1943 *	Killed in action on 3 August 1942	[75]
—	Melentyeva, MariyaMariya Melentyeva Мария Мелентьева	000000001943-09-25-000025 September 1943 *	Captured and executed in 1943	[76]
—	Morozova, AnnaAnna Morozova Анна Морозова	000000001965-05-08-00008 May 1965 *	Killed in action in December 1944	[77]
—	Biseniek, AnastasiyaAnastasiya Biseniek Анастасия Бисениек	000000001965-05-09-00009 May 1965 *	Captured and executed in October 1943	[78]
—	Dyachenko, DaryaDarya Dyachenko Дарья Дьяченко	000000001958-07-01-00001 July 1958 *	Captured and executed on 10 April 1944	[79]
—	Gromova, UlyanaUlyana Gromova Ульяна Громова	000000001943-09-21-000021 September 1943 *	Captured and executed on 16 January 1943	[80]
—	Shevtsova, LyubovLyubov Shevtsova Любовь Шевцова	000000001943-09-21-000021 September 1943 *	Captured and executed on 9 February 1943	[81]
	Khoruzhaya, VeraVera Khoruzhaya Вера Хоружая	000000001960-05-17-000017 May 1960 *	Captured and executed on 4 December 1942	[82]
—	Kislyak, MariyaMariya Kislyak Мария Кисляк	000000001965-05-08-00008 May 1965 *	Captured and executed on 18 June 1943	[83]
—	Mazanik, YelenaYelena Mazanik Елена Мазаник	000000001943-10-29-000029 October 1943	—	[84]
—	Osipova-Nikitina, MariyaMariya Osipova-Nikitina Мария Осипова	000000001943-10-29-000029 October 1943	—	[85]
—	Troyan, NadezhdaNadezhda Troyan Надежда Троян	000000001943-10-29-000029 October 1943	—	[86]
—	Nazarova, KlavdiyaKlavdiya Nazarova Клавдия Назарова	000000001945-08-20-000020 August 1945 *	Captured and executed on 12 December 1942	[87]
—	Portnova, ZinaidaZinaida Portnova Зинаида Портнова	000000001958-07-01-00001 July 1958 *	Captured and executed in January 1944	[88]
—	Sosnina, NinaNina Sosnina Нина Соснина	000000001965-05-08-00008 May 1965 *	Captured and executed on 31 August 1943	[89]
—	Ubiyvovk, YelenaYelena Ubiyvovk Елена Убийвовк	000000001965-05-08-00008 May 1965 *	Captured and executed on 26 May 1942	[90]
—	Volkova, NadezhdaNadezhda Volkova Надежда Волкова	000000001965-05-08-00008 May 1965 *	Killed in action on 26 November 1942	[91]
—	Zenkova, YefrosinyaYefrosinya Zenkova Ефросинья Зенькова	000000001958-07-01-00001 July 1958	—	[92]

Soviet cosmonauts

Image	Name	Date of award	Notes	References
	Tereshkova, ValentinaValentina Tereshkova Валентина Терешкова	22 June 1963	—	[93]
	Savitskaya, SvetlanaSvetlana Savitskaya Светлана Савицкая	27 August 1982, 29 July 1984 (twice)	—	[94]

Foreign military personnel

Image	Name	Country	Unit	Rank	Date of award	Notes	References
—	Krzywoń, AnielaAniela Krzywoń	Poland	"Emilia Plater" Independent Women's Battalion	Private	000000001943-11-11-000011 November 1943 *	Killed in action on 12 October 1943	[95]

Notes

References

• Cottam, Kazimiera J. Women in War and Resistance: Selected Biographies of Soviet Women Soldiers. Newburyport, Mass.: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company, 1998. ISBN 978-1585101603.