Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
The title of the Hero of the Czechoslovak Republic was established 1955. The name of the title was changed to Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in 1960. Awarded 31 times to some Czechoslovak war heroes, to the general and later president Ludvík Svoboda, to the Czechoslovak president Gustáv Husák, to the Czech cosmonaut Vladimír Remek, Soviet generals and marshals and to Leonid Brezhnev. The piece no. 32 has been given to the National Museum.
The title Hero of CSR was awarded to honor extraordinary merits for the republic connected with a hero achievement or repeated achievements. The title was awarded upon proposal of the government. The hero was awarded with Order of Klement Gottwald - for building of Socialist Homeland.
The Gold Star of the Hero of CSSR was worn on the left breast side above all the Czechoslovak Awards or their ribbons, always in natura and in front of the Gold Star of the Hero of the Socialist Labour.Recipients
- Josef Khol
- Josef Frank
- Gustáv Husák
- Rudolf Jasiok
- Ludvík Svoboda
- Vladimír Remek
- Jan Šverma
- Vendelín Opatrný
- Karol Šmidke
- Ladislav Novomeský
- Vladimír Clementis
- František Vrána
- Leonid Iljich Brezhnev
- Ivan Stepanovich Konev
- Karel Klapálek
- Andrei Antonovich Grechko
- Ivan Ignatevich Jakubovski
- Dmitriy Fjodorovich Ustinov
- Matvej Vasiljevich Zacharov
- Jurij Viktorovich Romanenko
- Georgi Michajlovich Grechko
- Alexei Alexandrovich Gubarev
- Kiril Semjonovich Moskalenko
- Andrey Yeryomenko
- Dmitriy Danilovich Leljusenko
