Hero City

Hero City (?????-????? or gorod-geroy in Russian) is an honorary title awarded for outstanding heroism during the Great Patriotic War of 1941 to 1945. It was awarded to twelve cities of the Soviet Union. In addition the Brest Fortress was awarded an equivalent title of Hero-Fortress. This symbolic distinction for a city corresponds to the individual distinction Hero of the Soviet Union.

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According to the statute, the hero city is issued the Order of Lenin, the Gold Star medal, and the certificate of the heroic deed (gramota) from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Also, the corresponding obelisk is installed in the city.

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►	Introduction
►	History
►	Brest Hero-Fortress
►	Minsk
►	Smolensk
►	Kiev
►	Odessa
►	Murmansk
►	Saint Petersburg (Leningrad)
►	Tula
►	Moscow
►	Sevastopol
►	Kerch
►	Novorossiysk
►	Volgograd (Stalingrad)

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Order of Lenin (1) - Hero of the Soviet Union (1) - Hero-Fortress (1) - Obelisk (1) - Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1) - Gold Star medal (1) - Brest Fortress (1) - Great Patriotic War (1) - Honorary title (1) - Russian (1) - Soviet Union (1) - 1945 (1) - 1941 (1) -

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