The title Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded over 12,000 times. 136 of the people awarded it were stripped of the title, of which 51 were later rehabilitated and returned the title. 16 recipients were executed.

Revoked and not restored

Revoked, but later restored

References

• Shkadov, Ivan (1987). Герои Советского Союза: краткий биографический словарь I, Абаев - Любичев (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
• Shkadov, Ivan (1988). Герои Советского Союза: краткий биографический словарь II, Любовь - Яшчук (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. ISBN  5203005362. OCLC  312615596.
• "Проект "Герои Страны"" [Heroes of the Country] (in Russian).
• Russian Ministry of Defence Database «Подвиг Народа в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.» [Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945] (in Russian).