the Heroes by giving their names to schools, streets, factories, ships, military units, Komsomol detachments, and even celestial bodies like planets and stars! All over Moscow, one can see bronze plaques on buildings, both public and private, honoring Heroes. It is now estimated that only 3% of veterans from the Great Patriotic War survive today.

A bust honoring Lt. Petr Nikolaenko, an Ukrainian tank driver who was killed in action on 29 January 1943 and became a Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously on 31 March 1943. The names of his fallen comrades are inscribed on the walls below his likeness.