This is a list of female

Heroes of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

; of the 12,777 people awarded the title, 95 were women, 49 of whom were posthumous recipients of the title.

Recipients

Soviet military personnel

Soviet partisans

Soviet cosmonauts

Foreign military personnel

Notes

References

* Cottam, Kazimiera J. ''Women in War and Resistance: Selected Biographies of Soviet Women Soldiers''. Newburyport, Mass.: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company, 1998. . {{HSU lists Heroes of the Soviet Union lists Lists of Soviet women