The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union.

[yolkin]

Well... he technically was a foreigner...

It was either a Polish Marshall of Soviet Union or Russian Commander of Vojsko Polske? Or both? Funny how things were done on that side of he iron curtain?

Eric

[new world]

And about foreign reciepants of HSU... Does this guy count as one? :D
(just kidding)

For those of us who don't know:

That's Marshal of Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky, who was Polish Minister of Defense at some point.

He was Polish national.

William

[Al-muell]

Well... he technically was a foreigner...

It was either a Polish Marshall of Soviet Union or Russian Commander of Vojsko Polske? Or both? Funny how things were done on that side of he iron curtain?

Eric

In Poland he was usually considered more soviet than polish in spite of having polish father and spending childhood (and not only) in "Poland" (if such name can be considered valid at that time) and probably he felt himself more russian as well. From what I have heard (but I am too young to remember this, so can't tell if it's true) he did silly mistakes in polish and mainly because of this he was one of the favorite topics for political jokes. The fact is that he was removed in 1956, because his impopularity even amongst the army became visible. I would say he was more soviet Marshall of Poland than polish Marshal of the Soviet Union. And btw. funny thing is that he did not meet the requirements to became Marshall of Poland (Commander of victorious polish army), as he was not commander of any polish army in SU during the war (althoug there were independant polish units under his command). But of course I don't negate his achievements and after all there wasn't any better candidate.
And even more funny: He received his soviet awards as the Russian Konstantin Rokossovskiy and polish ones as Pole Konstanty Rokossowski.

[Christophe]

Order of Victory, also visible on this pic...

[Taz]

Spanish Stalingrad HSU. Captain of the Guards Ruben Ruis Ibarruri

One of the groups was led by Capitain Ruben Ruis Ibarruri, the son of a Spanish heroine and anti-fascist activist Dolores Ibarryri.
In the dawn of the 24th August Germans launched an offensive. When the commander of the battalion was killed in the fighting Ruben took the command into his hands.
The German advance was stopped by the heavy fire by machine gun and Rifle Company and the Germans started to retreat.
Ruben Ordered the battalion to attack and he himself led the fighters.
More than one hundred German soldiers and officers died , cannons, machine guns and shells were left behind on the battlefield as they retreated in panic.
Ruben was seriously injured in the fighting. He was taken to a hospital on the left bank where he died on 3rd December 1942.

He was posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union.

Eddie.

[Taz]

Czech HSU First Lieutenant Otakar Jaros.

The first foreign citizen to receive the highest Soviet distinction HSU (posthumously) was First Lieutenant Otakar Jaros, an officer of a Czechoslovak Army unit stationed in the USSR.
Besides him, the Gold Star Medal was conferred for heroic deeds performed in the struggle against Nazism on another four servicemen of the Czechoslovak Army.

From the Records of the Ceskoslovensky Armadi Sbov v SSSR, 1. (First Czechoslovakian Army).

Letter of Generals Khrushchev and Valutin, in which they praise the participation of Czechoslovak soldiers in the Charkov operation, and wish further success to the Corps.

Decree of the Presidium granting the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" to Lieutenant Otakar Jaros.

Eddie.

[DougD]

His grave is in the central park of Volgograd. I treid to explain to a few others on our last trip there who he was, but its a bit complicated to novices.

DougD

[Taz]

"For heroism shown by him in a struggle against the fascist aggressors, the worthy son of the Spanish nation was posthumously made the Hero of the Soviet Union".


Ruben Ruis Ibarruri and his Mother anti-fascist activist Dolores Ibarryri.
Dolores Ibarryri received the Lenin Peace Prize (1964) and the Order of Lenin (1965).

Eddie.

[Taz]

Name, Country, Rank etc, Award Date, S/N.


1. Fidel Castro, Cuba, President, 23/5/1963, #11124

2. Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Cuba, Cosmonaut, 26/9/1980, #?

3. Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afganistan, Cosmonaut, 7/9/1988, #11584

4. Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria, President, 30/4/1964, #11221

5. Pham Tuan,N. Vietnam, Lt. Gen, Cosmonaut, 31/7/1980. #11444

6. Rakesh Sharma, India, Sq. Leader,Cosmonaut, 11/4/1984, #?

7. Gamal Abdul Nasser, Egypt, President, 13/5/1964, #11224

8. Hakim Abdel Amer, Egypt, Field-Marshal 13/5/1964. #11225

9. Muhammed Ahmed Faris, Syria, Cosmonaut, 30/7/1987 #?

10. Jean-loup Chretien, France,Brig. Gen, Cosmonaut, 2/7/1982. #?

11. Marcel Albert, France, Lt, Pilot N/N, 27/11/1944, #?

12. Jacques Andre, France, Sous-Lt, Pilot N/N, 4/6/1945, #?

13. Roland de la Poype, France, ASP, Pilot N/N, 27/11/1944, #?

14. Marcel Lefèvre, France, ASP Pilot N/N, 4/6/1945 #?

15. Ruben Ruis Ibarruri, Spain, Captain, 23/8/1956 #?

16. Ramon Lopez (Merkander, Ramon), Spain,Agent(NKVD) 31/5/1960.#11089

17. Otakar Jaroš , Czech, 1st Lt. 18/4/1943 #?

18. Antonín Sochor, Czech, ? 21/11/1943 #?

19. Richard Tesařík, Czech, ? 21/12/1943 #?

20. Josef Buršík, Czech, ? 21/12/1943 #?

21. Jan Nálepka-Repkin, Czech, ? 2/5/1945 #?

22. Stěpan Vajda, Czech ? 10/8/1945 #?

23. Ludvík Svoboda, Czech,Politician, 24/11/1965, #10708

24. Vladimír Remek, Czech,Cosmonaut, 16/3/1978, #11299

25. Gustav Husák, Czech,Head of State, 9/1/1983, #11490

26. Miroslaw Hermaszewski, Poland, Cosmonaut 5/7/1978, #?

27. Vladislav Wysotsky K., Poland, 11/11/1943 #?

28. Anela Kszivon , Poland, 11/11/1943 #?

29. Julius Hiobner, Poland, 11/11/1943 #?

30. Fritz Schmenkel, Germany(GDR) Soviet partisan 6/10/1964 #?

31. Sigmund Jähn, Germany (GDR), Maj.Gen,Cosmonaut 10/9/1978. #11303

32. Erich Honecker, Germany (GDR), Chancellor, 25/8/1982 #?

33. Walter Ulbricht, Germany (GDR), Chancellor, 29/6/1963. #11184

34. Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, Rumania, Air Fleet Gen, Cosmonaut, 22/5/1981 #?

35. Janos Kadar, Hungary, Head of State, 3/4/1964, #11218

36. Bertalan Farkas, Hungary, Cosmonaut 30/6/1980 #11441

37. Vladimir Stoyanov-Zayimov, Bulgaria, General, 30/5/1972 #?

38. Todor Zhivkov, Bulgaria, Head of State, 31/5/1977, #11281

39. Volkan S Goranov, (Zachariev, Z.S.), Bulgaria 31/12/1936. #21

40. Aleksandr Panayatov Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, Cosmonaut 17/6/1988 #?

41. Georgi Ivanov, Bulgaria, Cosmonaut, 13/4/1979 #10749

42. Gurragcha Zhugderdemidiyn, Mongolia, Cosmonaut 30/3/1981 #?

43. Primo Gibelli , Italy, Pilot/Instructor 31/12/1936 #?


Updates when available.

Eddie/Christophe/Kim/Art/Tal.

[Christophe]

Marcel Albert has been made "Hero of the Soviet Union" on 28th November 1944.

Ch.