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All articles on the list meet notability requirements, so this list is a good place to look for potential articles.

High-notability articles

 * 1) Viktor Argun (in Russian) - first Abkhazian pilot
 * 2) Dzhambulat Kanukov (in Russian) - first Ossetian pilot
 * 3) Pyotr Buiko (in Russian) - Doctor and partisan
 * 4) Ivan Dobrobabin (in Russian) - one of Panfilov's 28 guardsmen turned traitor
 * 5) Kirill Balatukov (in Russian) - first Crimean Tatar general in Russian army
 * 6) Yevgeny Bereznyak (in Russian)

Prewar HSU

 * 1) Viktor Kholzunov (in Russian)

WWII people & pilots

 * All Soviet WWII aces in this list (those with 20 or more shootdowns)
 * 1) Vasily Porik (in Russian)
 * 2) Ilya Syanov (in Russian)
 * 3) Konstantin Samsonov (in Russian)
 * 4) Leonid Belousov (pilot) (in Russian) amputee pilot
 * 5) Pavel Tarasov (pilot) (in Russian) - top flying ace, two aerial rammings
 * 6) Vasily Golubev (pilot) (in Russian) - top flying ace (39)
 * 7) Ivan Fyodorov (pilot) (in Russian) - flying ace (36)
 * 8) Fyodor Chubukov (in Russian) - flying ace (35)
 * 9) Aleksandr Kochetov (in Russian) - flying ace (34)
 * 10) Mikhail Komelkov (in Russian) - flying ace (33)
 * 11) Vasily Markov (pilot) (in Russian) - flying ace (29)
 * 12) Aleksandr Oborin (in Russian) - flying ace
 * 13) Nikolai Arkhipov (in Russian) - flying ace
 * 14) Vladimir Denisenko (in Russian) - flying ace (24)
 * 15) Aleksandr Sitkovsky (in Russian) - flying ace (23)
 * 16) Andrey Kulagin (in Russian) - flying ace (22)
 * 17) Aleksandr Kumanichkin (in Russian) - flying ace (19)
 * 18) Vladimir Boborov (in Russian) - flying ace
 * 19) Pavel Dolgarev (in Russian) - flying ace
 * 20) Konstantin Ismagulov (in Russian)  (Kazakh name: Kayyrvali Smalyov)
 * 21) Nikolai Maidanov (in Russian) - pilot, Hero of Russia and Soviet Union
 * 22) Hozi Kinzhaev (in Russian)

Korean war pilots

 * 1) Pyotr Milaushkin (in Russian)
 * 2) Vladimir Zabelin (in Russian)
 * 3) Vladimir Alefeev (in Russian)
 * 4) Pavel Antonov (in Russian)
 * 5) Stepan Artemchenko (in Russian)
 * 6) Vasily Shulev (in Russian)
 * 7) Aleksey Mitusov (in Russian)
 * 8) Viktor Kolyadin (in Russian) - HSU
 * 9) Yevgeny Stelmakh (in Russian) - HSU
 * 10) Anatoly Bordun (in Russian)
 * 11) Viktor Borovkov (in Russian)
 * 12) Nikolai Stroykov (in Russian)
 * 13) Vasily Seryogin (in Russian)
 * 14) Viktor Dudnichenko (in Russian)
 * 15) Pavel Shevelyov (in Russian)
 * 16) Anatoly Karelin - stub
 * 17) Serafim Subbotin - stub
 * 18) Mikhail Mikhin - stub
 * 19) Arkady Boytsov - stub
 * 20) Boris Siskov - stub
 * 21) Semyon Fedorets - stub

"Not one step back!"

 * 1) Pyotr Noritsyn (in Russian) - Commander of famous tank crew
 * 2) Feodosy Ganus (in Russian) - "Forgotten" member of tank crew Золотая звезда Героя России.svg
 * 3) Pavel Mikhailovich Smirnov (in Russian)  - Part of famous tank crew
 * 4) Nikolai Vyalykh (in Russian) - Part of famous tank crew
 * 5) Aleksei Andreyevich Pavlovsky (in Russian) - Tank captain, burned alive after capture
 * 6) Yegor Gagarin (in Russian)
 * 7) Vasily Ivanovich Zakharov (in Russian)
 * 8) Mikhail Solntsev (in Russian)
 * 9) Konstantin Timofeyev (in Russian)
 * 10) Georgy Nikolaevich Chernov (in Russian)
 * 11) Lev Manevich (in Russian)

Chernobyl firefighters

 * 1) Nikolai Tytenok (in Russian) - Hero of Ukraine
 * 2) Nikolai Vashchuk (in Russian) - Hero of Ukraine
 * 3) Vladimir Tishura (in Russian) - Hero of Ukraine

Foreign Heroes of the Soviet Union

 * 1) Stěpan Vajda (in Russian) - Czech
 * 2) Marcel Lefevre (in Russian) - French

World War II snipers

 * 1) Mikhail Budenkov (in Russian) - credited 437 kills
 * 2) Stepan Petrenko (in Russian) - credited 422 kills
 * 3) Vasily Golosov (in Russian) - credited 422 kills
 * 4) Tuleugali Abdybekov (in Russian) - credited 397 kills
 * 5) Pyotr Goncharov (in Russian) - credited 380 kills

Generals and marshalls

 * 1) Boris Kirpikov (in Russian)  RSFSR Supreme Soviet member and general
 * 2) Nikolai Oslikovsky (general) (in Russian)  - cavalry general who got into a spat with Movlid Visaitov
 * 3) Pavel Brikel (in Russian)  - cavalry general
 * 4) Nikolai Trusov (general) (in Russian)
 * 5) Filipp Rybalchenko (in Russian) - executed for privately critisizing Stalin
 * 6) Filipp Agaltsov (in Russian)
 * 7) Yevgeny Loginov (in Russian)
 * 8) Ivan Borzov (in Russian)
 * 9) Georgy Zimin (in Russian)
 * 10) Ivan Pstygo (in Russian)
 * 11) Aleksandr Silantev (in Russian)
 * 12) Grigory Skorikov (in Russian)
 * 13) Pyotr Kirsanov (in Russian)
 * 14) Sergey Varentsov (in Russian)
 * 15) Pavel Poluboyarov (in Russian)
 * 16) Gany Safiullin (in Russian)

Aviators who commited "fire taran" (or multiple taran) attacks

 * 1) Nikolai Teryokhin (in Russian) - Committed 3 aerial rammings
 * 2) Mikhail Yanko (in Russian) - committed last taran attack of WWII
 * 3) Aleksandr Maslov (pilot) (in Russian) Золотая звезда Героя России.svg
 * 4) Vladimir Balashov (in Russian) Золотая звезда Героя России.svg
 * 5) Grigory Reutov (in Russian) Золотая звезда Героя России.svg
 * 6) Konstantin Aksyonov (in Russian)  (survived)
 * 7) Anvar Gataullin (in Russian)  (survived)

Firsts

 * 1) Khusen Andrukhaev (in Russian) - first Circassian HSU (Dibs - PlanespotterA320)
 * 2) Erdin Delikov (in Russian) - first Kalmyk HSU (Dibs - PlanespotterA320)
 * 3) Garmazhap Garmayev (in Russian) - first Buryat HSU
 * 4) Viktor Pislegin (in Russian) - first Udmurt HSU
 * 5) Qochqar Durdiyev (in Russian) - first Uzbek HSU
 * 6) Negmat Karabayev (in Russian) - first Tajik HSU
 * 7) Masim Yakubov (in Russian) - first Tuvan HSU
 * 8) Fyodor Popov (in Russian) - first Yakut HSU
 * 9) Kurban Durdy (in Russian) - first Turkmen HSU

Military Women in Red

 * 1) Mariya Fortus (in Russian) - WWII partisan and chief of staff of the "night witches"
 * 2) Militsa Kazarinova (in Russian) - Chief of Staff of women's 125th Gv BAP
 * 3) Galina Shurepova  (in Russian) - first female diver of the Soviet Navy
 * 4) Mariya Runt (in Russian) - Party organizer of the "night witches"
 * 5) Polina Nedyalkova (in Russian) - First female Bulgarian Major-general
 * 6) Lyudmila Kalinina (in Russian) - tank crew engineer in WWII
 * 7) Yevgeniya Kostrikova (in Russian) - commanded tank company
 * 8) Mariya Mikhalyova (in Russian)
 * 9) Vera Artamonovna (in Russian) - sniper, 89 kills
 * 10) Mariya Zubchenko (in Russian) - sniper, 83 kills
 * 11) Nina Belobrova (in Russian) - sniper, 70 kills

Living people

 * 1) Adam Osmayev (in Russian) - Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion commander

Gold star peoples of exiled nations

 * 1) Mukhazhir Ummayev (in Russian) - Balkar HSU
 * 2) Erentsen Badmaev (in Russian) - Kalmyk HSU
 * 3) Bator Basanov (in Russian) - Kalmyk HSU
 * 4) Basan Gorodovikov (in Russian) - Kalmyk HSU
 * 5) Lidzhi Mandzhiev (in Russian) - Kalmyk HSU
 * 6) Nikolai Sandzhirov (in Russian) - Kalmyk HSU
 * 7) Mikhail Selgikov (in Russian) - Kalmyk HSU
 * 8) Biembel Khecheev (in Russian) - Kalmyk HSU
 * 9) Valery Ochirov (in Russian) - Kalmyk HSU
 * 10) Erdin Delikov (in Russian) - Kalmyk HSU
 * 11) Khalmurze Kumukov (in Russian) - Karachay HSU
 * 12) Minur Mamedov (in Russian) - Meskhetian Turk PKOS
 * 13) Magomed Uzuyev (in Russian) - Chechen Hero Russia
 * 14) Yunus Karaketov (in Russian) - Karachay Hero Russia
 * 15) Khamzat Badakhov (in Russian) - Karachay Hero Russia
 * 16) Soltan-Khamit Bidzhiev (in Russian) - Karachay Hero Russia
 * 17) Magomet Gerbekov (in Russian) - Karachay Hero Russia
 * 18) Dugerby Uzdenov (in Russian) - Karachay Hero Russia
 * 19) Kichibatyr Khairkizov (in Russian) - Karachay Hero Russia
 * 20) Kharun Chochuev (in Russian) - Karachay Hero Russia

War criminals/Nazi collaborators

 * 1) Bronislav Antilevsky (in Russian) - HSU turned Nazi
 * 2) Georgy Zhilenkov (in Russian) - brigade commissar turned collaborator with Nazis
 * 3) Boris Rikhter (in Russian) - Major-general, collaborator
 * 4) Pavel Bogdanov (in Russian) - Major-general, collaborator

Arrested military people

 * 1) Mikhail Kossa (in Russian) - executed HSU, rehabilitated posthumously
 * 2) Nikolai Kirillov (in Russian) - Major-general, executed
 * 3) Andrei Grigoriev (in Russian) - Major-general, executed
 * 4) Ivan Kopets (in Russian) - HSU, major-general; executed, rehabilitated
 * 5) Layosh Gavro (in Russian) - Hungarian leader in Russian civil war; repressed
 * 6) Pavel Artemenko (in Russian) - Major-general; repressed, rehabilitated
 * 7) Mirra Sankhnovskaya (in Russian) - division commander

Prisoners of Conscience/Rehabilitations

 * 1) Ilyas Tarkhan (in Russian) - playwright
 * 2) Ehsref Shemi-zade in Russian) - writer
 * 3) Abibulla Odabash (in Russian) - philologist
 * 4) Bilyal Chagar (in Russian)
 * 5) Amdi Giraybay (in Russian) - poet
 * 6) Veli Ibraimov (in Russian)

Other

 * 1) Pyotr Bendel (in Russian) - Postal card artist, gulag prisoner
 * 2) Viktor Baranov (counterfeiter) (in Russian) #1 Soviet counterfeiter

Scientists, archeologists, engineers, etc

 * 1) Vladimir Klimov (engineer) (in Russian) - aviation engineer designer
 * 2) Habib Abdullayev (in Russian) - geologist
 * 3) Viktor Bunak (in Russian) - Soviet anthropologist and anatomist
 * 4) Andrey Trofimuk (in Russian)
 * 5) Igor Yanev (in Russian)
 * 6) Tadeusz Wolański (in Russian)
 * 7) Nikolai Fyodorovich Katanov (in Russian)
 * 8) Vladislav Bugera (in Russian) - Scientist and politician
 * 9) Vasily Vilyams (in Russian) - soil scientist
 * 10) Viktor Abalakin (in Russian)
 * 11) Aleksandr Ivchenko (engineer) (in Russian)
 * 12) Dmitry Blokhintsev (in Russian)

Test pilots

 * 1) Grigory Bakhchivandzhi (in Russian)
 * 2) Aleksandr Bryandinsky (in Russian)
 * 3) Georgy Shiyanov (in Russian)
 * 4) Fyodor Opadchy (in Russian)
 * 5) Boris Galitsky (in Russian)
 * 6) Mark Gallai (in Russian)
 * 7) Andrey Kochetkov (in Russian)
 * 8) Mikhail Nyukhtikov (in Russian)
 * 9) Mikhail Tvelenev (in Russian)
 * 10) Vasily Pavlov (pilot) (in Russian)

Polar explorers

 * 1) Aleksey Butakov (in Russian) - Russian admiral and explorer
 * 2) Mikhail Belousov (in Russian) - Captain on the icebreaker Joseph Stalin
 * 3) Oleksy Babenko (in Russian) - First to land a Mi-4 helicopter at the North Pole
 * 4) Andrey Yefremov (in Russian)
 * 5) Dmitry Trofimov (in Russian)

Politicians, actors, musicians, public figures, etc

 * 1) Aleksey Lyarsky (in Russian)
 * 2) Elmira Abbasova (in Russian)
 * 3) Grigory Romanovich Shirma (in Russian)
 * 4) Lenur Islamov (in Russian)
 * 5) Ilmi Umerov (in Russian)
 * 6) Alexander Tizyakov (in Russian)

Photographers

 * 1) Yakov Berliner (in Russian)
 * 2) Natalya Bode (in Russian)
 * 3) Aleksandr Bordsky (in Russian)
 * 4) Naum Granovsky (in Russian)
 * 5) Vladimir Grebnev (in Russian)
 * 6) Yakov Davidzon (in Russian)
 * 7) Olga Ignatovich (in Russian)
 * 8) Olga Lander (in Russian)
 * 9) Vasily Malyshev (in Russian)
 * 10) Mark Markov-Grinberg (in Russian)
 * 11) Vladislav Mikosha (in Russian)
 * 12) Moisey Nappelbaum (in Russian)
 * 13) Ivan Shagin (in Russian)
 * 14) Sergey Strunnikov (in Russian)
 * 15) Pavel Troshkin (in Russian)
 * 16) Aleksandr Ustinov (photographer) (in Russian)
 * 17) Boris Vdovenko (in Russian)
 * 18) Georgy Zelma (in Russian)
 * 19) Mikhail Oshurkov (in Russian)
 * 20) Nikolai Bykov (photographer) (in Russian)

Writers and publishers

 * 1) Vladimir Svidzinsky (in Russian) - Ukrainian poet
 * 2) Norbert Wójtowicz (in Russian)
 * 3) Orhan Jemal (in Russian) - journalist
 * 4) Ablaziz Veliyev (in Russian)

High-priority articles needing improvement

 * 1) Nelson Stepanyan
 * 2) Yevgeny Petrovich Fyodorov
 * 3) Boris Safonov
 * 4) Yevgeny Savitsky
 * 5) Mikhail Odintsov
 * 6) Vladimir Kokkinaki
 * 7) Alexander Rodimtsev
 * 8) Semyon Kozak
 * 9) Andrey Kravchenko (general)
 * 10) Andrei Grechko
 * 11) Kharun Bogatyrev
 * 12) Khanpasha Nuradilov