Editing List of Russian people (section)

==Military==

===Army===
{{Main|Russian field marshals|Soviet marshals}}

* [[Mikhail Annenkov]], conqueror of [[Central Asia]] and builder of the strategical [[Transcaspian Railway]]

[[File:Vasily Chapaev.gif|thumb|90px|[[Vasily Chapaev]]]]

*[[Ivan Bagramyan]], [[Soviet marshal]], prominent in the [[Baltic Offensive]] and [[Operation Bagration]] during World War II
*[[Pyotr Bagration]], general and hero of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], mortally wounded in the [[Battle of Borodino]]
*[[Roman Bagration]], general and brother of Pyotr Bagration, participated in the [[Napoleonic Wars]]
*[[Aleksandr Baryatinsky]], field marshal, perfected the [[mountain warfare]] tactics of the Russian Army, captured [[Imam Shamil]] during the [[Caucasian War]]
*[[Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky]], leader of the first Russian military expeditions into Central Asia, founder of [[Krasnovodsk]]
*[[Vasily Blücher]], one of the first five Soviet marshals, prominent in the [[Russian Civil War]] and the [[Northern Expedition]] in China
*[[Maria Bochkareva]], founder of the [[Women's Battalion of Death]] during World War I
*[[Aleksei Brusilov]], World War I general, led the tactically innovative [[Brusilov Offensive]], destroying the military of [[Austria-Hungary]] almost completely[[File:D davydov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Denis Davydov]]]]
*[[Semyon Budyonny]], Civil War commander, statesman, triple [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
*[[Vasily Chapayev]], legendary Civil War commander, prototype for ''[[Chapaev (film)|Chapaev]]'' movie and ''[[Chapayev and Void]]'' novel, hero of many [[Russian jokes]]
*[[Mikhail Chernyayev]], general, captured [[Tashkent]] during the conquest of Central Asia, the governor of [[Russian Turkestan]]
*[[Vasily Chuikov]], commander and hero in the [[Battle of Stalingrad]], Soviet marshal, double HSU
*[[Denis Davydov]], general, guerilla fighter and soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars, invented a genre of ''[[hussar]] poetry'' noted for its hedonism and bravado
*[[Anton Denikin]], Civil War general, one of the leaders of [[White Movement]]
*[[Hans Karl von Diebitsch-Zabalkansky]], able field marshal, took [[Adrianople]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)]]
*[[Mikhail Petrovich Dolgorukov]] (1780–1808), Russian major-general who was killed in the [[Battle of Koljonvirta|Battle of Virta Bro]] against the Swedes
*[[Nadezhda Durova]], "the Cavalry Maiden", a female hero of the Napoleonic wars
*[[Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky]], [[voevoda]] of Tsar [[Ivan IV]], hero of the [[Russo-Kazan Wars]] and the final [[Siege of Kazan (1552)]]
[[File:Nadezhda Durova.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Nadezhda Durova]]]]
*[[Leonid Govorov]], World War II Soviet marshal, led [[Operation Spark (1943)]] which broke the [[blockade of Leningrad]]
*[[Andrei Grechko]], World War II Soviet marshal, [[Soviet Defence Minister]] under Brezhnev
*[[Ivan Gudovich]], field marshal, conquered [[Khadjibey]] and [[Anapa]] in the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)]], conquered [[Dagestan]] in the [[Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)]]
*[[Iosif Gurko]], commander and hero of the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)]], won the battles of [[Battle of Shipka Pass|Shipka Pass]], [[Battle of Gorni Dubnik|Gorni Dubnik]] and [[Battle of Plovdiv (1878)|Plovdiv]], liberated the Bulgarian capital [[Sofia]]
*[[Mikhail Frunze]], revolutionary, a prominent Civil War commander
*[[Nikolay Kamensky]], victor over the Swedes at [[Battle of Ruona–Salmi|Salmi]], [[Battle of Oravais|Oravais]], and [[Battle of Sävar|Sävar]], victor over the Turks at [[Battle of Batin|Batin]]
*[[Konstantin Kaufmann]], conqueror of the [[Khanate of Khiva]], the first governor of [[Russian Turkestan]]
*[[Ivan Konev]], Soviet marshal, led [[Red Army]] on the Eastern Front,
[[File:Kutuzov by Volkov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Mikhail Kutuzov|Mikhail Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky]] double HSU]]
[[File:Nikolay Kamensky.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Nikolay Kamensky]]]]
*[[Lavr Kornilov]], World War I general, notable for [[Kornilov Affair]]
*[[Nikolay Krylov (marshal)|Nikolay Krylov]], Soviet marshal, commander of the [[Strategic Rocket Forces]] under Brezhnev, double HSU
*[[Mikhail Kutuzov]], hero of the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)]], defeated [[Napoleon]]'s [[Grande Armée]] during [[French invasion of Russia]] in 1812, turning the tide of the Napoleonic Wars
*[[Andrey Kurbsky]], associate and then a leading political opponent of Tsar Ivan IV, hero of the [[Russo-Kazan Wars]]
*[[Peter Lacy]], field marshal, led the [[Siege of Danzig (1734)]], commander-in-chief during [[Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)]]
*[[Rodion Malinovsky]], Soviet marshal, prominent at the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] and the [[Battle of Budapest]], [[Soviet Defense Minister]] under Khrushchev
*[[Alexander Matrosov]], World War II soldier, self-sacrificed himself to win the battle, [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
*[[Aleksandr Menshikov]], associate of [[Peter the Great]], field marshal in the Great Northern War, won the principal [[Battle of Poltava]]
*[[Kirill Meretskov]], Soviet marshal, led the [[Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive]] which liberated the northern Norway from Nazi occupation, prominent in the [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria]]
*[[Mikhail Miloradovich]], hero of the Napoleonic Wars, killed in attempt to pacify the [[Decembrist revolt]]
*[[Kuzma Minin]], national hero, merchant who led Russia's struggle for independence against Poland-Lithuania during the [[Time of Troubles]]
*[[Burkhard Christoph von Münnich]], field marshal, statesman, founder of the first [[Cadet Corps in Russia]], led the [[Siege of Danzig (1734)]], commander-in-chief during [[Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739)]]
*[[Semyon Pugachov|Semyon Andreevich Pugachov]], captain in World War one, commanded several fronts across the USSR.
*[[Rodion Oslyabya]], monk from [[Trinity Sergius Lavra]], hero of the [[Battle of Kulikovo]]
*[[Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken]], conquered the [[Duchy of Warsaw]] and governed Paris during the [[War of the Sixth Coalition]]
*[[Ivan Panfilov]], World War II general, hero of the [[Battle of Moscow]], the commander of ''[[8th Guards Rifle Division|Panfilovtsy]]'', HSU[[File:Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaysky]]]]
*[[Ivan Paskevich]], hero and commander in the [[Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)]] and the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)]], crushed the Polish [[November Uprising]] and the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]]
*[[Lyudmila Pavlichenko]], World War II [[Soviet sniper]], credited with 309 kills, the most successful female sniper in history
*[[Alexander Peresvet]], monk from Trinity Sergius Lavra, hero of the [[Battle of Kulikovo]], fought with the Tatar champion Chelubey in [[single combat]] where they killed each other
*[[Grigory Potyomkin-Tavrichesky]], conqueror and coloniser of [[Novorossiya]], reformer of the Russian Army, led the [[Siege of Ochakov (1788)]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)]]
*[[Dmitry Pozharsky]], national hero, prince who led Russia's struggle for independence against Poland-Lithuania during the [[Time of Troubles]]
*[[Alexander Prozorovsky]], commander-in-chief during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)]]
*[[Nikolay Raevsky]], hero of the Napoleonic Wars and the [[Battle of Borodino]]
*[[Anikita Repnin]], field marshal in the Great Northern War, conqueror and the first governor of [[Riga]]
*[[Nicholas Repnin]], field marshal and diplomat, hero of the Russo-Turkish wars, key man in the [[Partitions of Poland]], pacified the Germans in the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]]
*[[Konstantin Rokossovsky]], Soviet and Polish marshal, Defense Minister of Poland, double HSU, oversaw the main Soviet battle operations of the [[Eastern Front (World War II)]], commanded the [[Moscow Victory Parade of 1945]]
*[[Grigory Romodanovsky]], leading Russian general of Tsar Alexey's reign, commander-in-chief during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)]]
*[[Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929)|Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich]], commander-in-chief of the Russian Army at the start of World War I, then commanded the [[Caucasus]] front
*[[Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaysky]], hero of the Seven Years' War, won the battles of [[Battle of Larga|Larga]] and [[Battle of Kagul|Kagula]] and concluded the [[Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74]] by the [[Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca]], military writer
[[File:M Skobelev.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Mikhail Skobelev]]]]
*[[Pyotr Saltykov]], most prominent Russian commander-in-chief during the [[Seven Years' War]], won the [[battle of Paltzig]] and the [[battle of Kunersdorf]]; shortly after his Kunersdorf victory, [[Zakhar Chernyshev]]'s Russians [[Raid on Berlin|raided Berlin]]
*[[Igor Sergeyev]], only [[marshal of the Russian Federation]], Defense minister in the late 1990s
*[[Roza Shanina]], World War II Soviet sniper, 54 confirmed kills
*[[Boris Shaposhnikov]], Soviet marshal, chief of the general staff during the start of the German invasion, military theorist and author of ''[[Mozg Armii|The Brain of the Army]]''
*[[Aleksei Shein]], first Russian [[generalissimo]], commander-in-chief during [[Azov campaigns]]
*[[Boris Sheremetev]], field marshal in the Great Northern War, won the [[battle of Erastfer]] and the [[battle of Poltava]]
*[[Ivan Sidorenko]], World War II Soviet sniper, over 500 confirmed kills
*[[Mikhail Skobelev]], the "White General", conqueror of Central Asia and hero of the [[Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78]]
*[[S. L. Sokolov|Sergei Sokolov]], Soviet marshal, chief commander during the [[Soviet–Afghan War]][[File:Suvorov Alex V.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Alexander Suvorov|Alexander Suvorov-Rymniksky]]]]
*[[Vasily Sokolovsky]], Soviet marshal, prominent in the [[Battle of Moscow]] and the [[Battle of Kursk]], military theorist
*[[Alexander Suvorov]], greatest Russian general of the 18th century, [[generalissimo]] who never lost a battle, won at [[Siege of Kinburn (1787)|Kinburn]], [[Battle of Focşani|Focşani]], [[Battle of Rymnik|the Rymnik]], and [[Siege of Izmail|Izmail]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)]], crushed [[Kościuszko Uprising]] at [[Battle of Brest (1794)|Brest]] and [[Battle of Praga|Praga]], led an outstanding [[Italian and Swiss expedition]] through the [[Battle of Cassano (1799)|Adda]], the [[Battle of Trebbia (1799)|Trebbia]], and [[Battle of Novi (1799)|Novi]], author of ''The Science of Victory'' ({{Langx|ru|Наука побеждать}})
*[[Semyon Timoshenko]], World War II Soviet marshal, won the [[Winter War]], senior professional officer of the Red Army at the start of the German invasion
*[[Fyodor Tolbukhin]], World War II Soviet marshal, liberated [[Bulgaria]] and [[Yugoslavia]]
*[[Michael Barclay de Tolly]], field marshal, led a strategic retreat during the [[French invasion of Russia]], led Russian Army to Paris in the [[War of the Sixth Coalition]]
*[[Gennady Troshev]], chief general during the [[Second Chechen War]], [[Hero of Russia]]
*[[Mikhail Tukhachevsky]], Red Army commander during the [[Russian Civil War]], Soviet marshal, military theorist
*[[Dmitriy Ustinov]], Soviet marshal, proponent of the [[Soviet space program]], Defence Minister in the late Brezhnev era
*[[Aleksandr Vasilevsky]], Soviet marshal, Chief of the [[Soviet General Staff]] during most of World War II, led the [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria]], double HSU
*[[Vera Voloshina]] (1919–1941), heroic partisan in World War II
*[[M. S. Vorontsov|Mikhail Vorontsov]], field marshal, hero of the Napoleonic Wars, captured [[Varna, Iran|Varna]] in the [[Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)]], led decisive campaigns of the [[Caucasian War]]
*[[Eduard Totleben]], general and military engineer, hero of the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)]]
*[[Kliment Voroshilov]], Civil War commander, statesman, double HSU
*[[Mikhail Vorotynsky]], defeated the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] and [[Crimean Khanate]] army in the [[Battle of Molodi]], eliminating the threat of Ottoman expansion into Russia
[[File:Pjotr-christianowitsch-wittgenstein.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Peter Wittgenstein]]]]
*[[Peter Wittgenstein]], field marshal, defended [[St Petersburg]] in 1812, hero of the [[War of the Sixth Coalition]]
*[[Ivan Yakubovsky]], Soviet marshal, commander-in-chief of the [[Warsaw Pact]] under Brezhnev, double HSU
*[[Aleksey Yermolov (general)|Aleksey Yermolov]], hero of the Napoleonic Wars and the [[Battle of Borodino]], military ruler of the Caucasus at the start of the [[Caucasian War]]
*[[Andrey Yeryomenko]], World War II Soviet marshal, prominent in the [[Battle of Stalingrad]]
*[[Yunus-bek Yevkurov]], paratrooper, commander of Russian peacekeepers during the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]], [[Head of Ingushetia]], [[Hero of Russia]]
*[[Vasily Zaitsev (sniper)|Vasily Zaytsev]], [[Soviet sniper]], killed 412 enemy soldiers and officers, including 6 snipers, a hero of the [[Battle of Stalingrad]]
*[[Georgy Zhukov]], Soviet marshal, chief of the General Staff and representative of [[STAVKA]], four times the [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], oversaw all the main Soviet battle operations of the [[Eastern Front (World War II)]], inspected the [[Moscow Victory Parade of 1945]]

===Navy===
{{main|Russian admirals}}
*[[Fyodor Apraksin]], [[general admiral]], won the [[Battle of Gangut]] during the [[Great Northern War]], led the Russian Navy in the [[Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)]][[File:Apraxin.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Fyodor Apraksin]]]]
*[[Aksel Berg]], admiral and scientist, major developer of [[radiolocation]] and [[cybernetics]]
*[[Vasily Chichagov]], [[admiral]], polar explorer, won the battles of [[Battle of Öland (1789)|Öland]], [[Battle of Reval|Reval]] and [[Battle of Vyborg Bay (1790)|Vyborg Bay]], effectively bringing the [[Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)]] to an end
*[[Cornelius Cruys]], vice-admiral, the first commander of the [[Russian Baltic Fleet]]
*[[Fyodor Dubasov]], admiral, placed [[Dalny]] and [[Lüshunkou|Port Arthur]] under Russian control
*[[Sergey Gorshkov]], admiral, led major landing operations during WII, commander-in-chief of the [[Soviet Navy]] during most of the [[Cold War]]
*[[Samuel Greig]], admiral, won the [[Battle of Chesma]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)]] and the [[Battle of Hogland]] during the [[Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)]]
*[[Ivan Grigorovich]], admiral, chief of Port Arthur's port during the [[Siege of Port Arthur]][[File:Chichagov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Vasily Chichagov]]]]
*[[Lodewijk van Heiden]], admiral who won the [[Battle of Navarino]]
*[[Ivan Isakov]], admiral, held the rank [[Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union]], served during World War II
*[[Vladimir Istomin]], rear-admiral, hero of the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)]] during the [[Crimean War]], died in action
*[[Aleksandr Kolchak]], admiral, polar explorer, a leader of the [[White movement]] during the [[Russian Civil War]]
*[[Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov|Vladimir Kornilov]], vice-admiral, hero of the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)]], died in the [[Battle of Malakoff]]
*[[Nikolay Krabbe]], admiral and naval minister, co-founded the first Russian naval bases in [[Primorsky Krai]], oversaw the development of [[naval artillery]] and [[ironclad]] ships
*[[N. G. Kuznetsov|Nikolay Kuznetsov]], admiral, World War II commander-in-chief of the [[Soviet Navy]]
*[[Mikhail Lazarev]], admiral, three times [[circumnavigator]] and discoverer of Antarctica,[[File:Pavel Nakhimov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Pavel Nakhimov]]]] destroyed five enemy warships as a commander of ''[[Russian ship Azov (1826)|Azov]]'' in the [[Battle of Navarino]], tutor to Nakhimov, Kornilov and Istomin
*[[Stepan Makarov]], vice-admiral, inventor and explorer, performed the first ever successful [[torpedo]] attack (during the [[Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878]]), built the first [[torpedo boat tender]] and the [[first polar icebreaker]], author of the [[insubmersibility]] theory, killed in the Russo-Japanese War when his ship struck a [[naval mine]]
*[[Pavel Nakhimov]], admiral, circumnavigated the world with Mikhail Lazarev, fought in the [[Battle of Navarino]], annihilated the Ottoman fleet in the [[Battle of Sinope]], commander and hero at the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)]]
*[[Andrei Alexandrovich Popov|Andrey Popov]], admiral, hero of the Crimean War, led a Russian flotilla to support the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] during the [[American Civil War]], designed the first true Russian battleship ''[[Russian battleship Petr Velikyy (1872)|Pyotr Velikiy]]''[[File:Petr Nikolaevich Bazhanov - Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, 1912.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Fyodor Ushakov]]]]
*[[José de Ribas]], vice-admiral, founder of [[Odessa]], hero of the [[Siege of Izmail]]
*[[Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich]], general admiral and Naval Minister during the [[Russo-Japanese War]]
*[[Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich]], general admiral and statesman, oversaw the rapid transition of the Russian Navy to [[ironclad warship]]s
*[[Alexei Senyavin]], re-established the [[Don Military Flotilla]] and played a crucial role in Russia's gaining access to the [[Black Sea]]
*[[Dmitry Senyavin]], admiral, won the [[battle of the Dardanelles (1807)]] and the [[battle of Athos]] against Ottomans during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]
*[[Naum Senyavin]], vice-admiral, won the [[Battle of Osel]] during the Great Northern War
*[[Grigory Spiridov]], admiral, destroyed the Ottoman fleet in the [[Battle of Chesma]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)]]
*[[Jean de Traversay]], admiral, commanded the [[Russian Black Sea Fleet]] and [[Russian Baltic Fleet]], organised early [[Russian circumnavigations]][[File:Василий Степанович Завойко.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Vasily Zavoyko]]]]
*[[Vladimir Tributs]], admiral, a leading navy commander during the [[Siege of Leningrad]], led the [[Soviet evacuation of Tallinn]]
*[[Fyodor Ushakov]], the most illustrious [[Russian admiral]] of the 18th century, saint, won the battles of [[Battle of Fidonisi|Fidonisi]], [[Battle of Kerch Strait (1790)|Kerch Strait]], [[Battle of Tendra|Tendra]] and [[Battle of Cape Kaliakra|Cape Kaliakra]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)]], single-handedly carved out the Greek [[Septinsular Republic]], did not lose a single ship in 43 battles
*[[Ivan Yumashev]], admiral, reclaimed Southern [[Sakhalin]] and [[Kuril Islands]] for the USSR during the [[Soviet–Japanese War]], commander-in-chief of the Soviet Navy in the late 1940s
*[[Vasily Zavoyko]], fought in the Battle of Navarino, twice circumnavigated the globe, explored the estuary of the [[Amur River]], repelled the superior British-French forces in the [[Siege of Petropavlovsk]] during the [[Crimean War]]
*[[Matija Zmajević]], vice-admiral, hero of the [[battle of Gangut]] and the [[battle of Grengam]] during the Great Northern War

===Air Force===
{{main|Russian aviators}}
*[[Yekaterina Budanova]], World War II pilot, one of the world's two female [[fighter ace]]s
*[[Valery Chkalov]], leader of the first ultralong flight from Moscow to the [[Russian Far East]], leader of the first [[transcontinental flight]] by [[airplane]] over the [[North Pole]], [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
*[[Mikhail Devyatayev]], fighter pilot known for his incredible escape aboard a stolen bomber from a [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]] on the Baltic island of [[Usedom]], [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
*[[Nikolai Gastello]], first Soviet pilot to direct his burning aircraft on a ground target, HSU
*[[Alexander Golovanov]], [[chief marshal]] of Aviation at the end of World War II, commander of [[Long Range Aviation]]
*[[Sergey Gritsevets]], fighter ace during the [[Spanish Civil War]] and the [[Battle of Khalkhin Gol]], the first to become twice the [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
*[[Valentina Grizodubova]], one of the first Soviet female pilots and [[Heroes of the Soviet Union]], set a record for woman's ultralong flights
*[[M. M. Gromov|Mikhail Gromov]], set a record during the transcontinental flight over the [[North Pole]], founded the [[Gromov Flight Research Institute]], HSU[[File:Gromov Mihail Mihajlovich 1934.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Mikhail Gromov (aviator)|Gromov]]]]
*[[Vladimir Ilyushin]], [[test pilot]] for [[OKB Sukhoi]], HSU
*[[Nikolai Kamanin]], polar aviator, among the first to receive the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], trained the first ever [[cosmonaut]]s, including [[Yuri Gagarin]], [[Gherman Titov]] and [[Alexei Leonov]]
*[[Alexander Kazakov]], most successful Russian [[flying ace]] of World War I, the first to perform an [[aerial ramming]] and survive
*[[Sergei Khudyakov]], [[Marshal of Aviation]] during World War II, Chief of Staff of the Soviet Air Force
*[[Vladimir Kokkinaki]], famous Soviet [[test pilot]], set 22 world records, a president of the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]], double HSU
*[[Zinaïda Kokorina]], pilot and flight instructor, in 1925 became the world's first military pilot
*[[Ivan Kozhedub]], top fighter ace in the aviation of the [[Allies of World War II]], credited with 62 individual victories, thrice the [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
*[[Pavel Kutakhov]], World War II fighter ace, [[chief marshal]] of Aviation under [[Leonid Brezhnev]], double HSU
*[[Sigizmund Levanevsky]], polar aviator, among the first to receive the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], died in a transpolar flight attempt
*[[Anatoly Liapidevsky]], polar aviator, the first person to receive the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], [[general major]] of Aviation
*[[Lydia Litvyak]], World War II pilot, one of the world's two female [[fighter ace]]s, HSU
*[[Alexey Maresyev]], World War II fighter ace, HSU, the prototype for ''[[The Story of a Real Man]]''
*[[Ivan Nagurski]], first [[polar aviator]], World War I flying ace
*[[Pyotr Nesterov]], inventor and pioneer of [[aerobatics]], the first pilot to perform the [[aerobatic loop]], died in the world's first [[aerial ramming]] during World War I
*[[Alexander Novikov]], [[chief marshal]] of Aviation during World War II, double HSU
*[[Yevgeny Pepelyaev]], top Soviet fighter ace in the [[Korean War]], HSU
*[[Viktor Pokrovsky]], World War I flying ace, the first Russian pilot to capture an enemy plane and pilot
*[[Alexander Pokryshkin]], World War II fighter ace, credited with 59 individual victories, triple [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], Marshal of Aviation
*[[Georgy Prokofiev]], balloonist who coordinated military stratospheric balloon program in the 1930s, set world record in altitude on ''[[USSR-1]]''
*[[Viktor Pugachyov]], test pilot and pioneer of [[supermaneuverability]], the first to show [[Pugachev's Cobra]] maneuver of [[Su-27]]
*[[Endel Puusepp]], long-range bomber pilot, famous for flying a Soviet delegation over the front line from Moscow to Washington, D.C. and back to negotiate the opening of the [[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]], HSU
*[[Marina Raskova]], navigator, founder of the three female air regiments during World War II, HSU
*[[Yevgeniya Rudneva]], World War II bomber pilot, one of the ''[[Night Witches]]'', HSU
*[[Yevgeniya Shakhovskaya]], first woman military pilot
*[[Mark Shevelev]], World War II Soviet polar aviation commander, HSU
*[[Lev Shestakov]], top Soviet fighter ace during the [[Spanish Civil War]], HSU[[File:Nesterovpn.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Pyotr Nesterov]]]]
*[[Yakov Smushkevich]], commanded the Soviet aviation in the [[Spanish Civil War]] and the [[Battle of Khalkhin Gol]], double HSU
*[[Nelson Stepanyan]], World War II [[dive bomber]] pilot, destroyed scores of enemy ships, tanks, cars, planes and guns, double HSU
*[[Nikolay Sutyagin]], top [[Korean War]] Soviet fighter ace, HSU
*[[Victor Talalikhin]], World War II fighter ace, among the first to perform [[aerial ramming]] at night, HSU
*[[Andrey Vitruk]], World War II fighter ace, [[major general]] of Aviation, [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] and the [[Hero of Yugoslavia]]
*[[Mikhail Vodopianov]], polar aviator, among the first to receive the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], commanded the first World War II Soviet air raid on Berlin in 1941
*[[Yekaterina Zelenko]], World War II pilot, the only woman ever to have performed and died in [[aerial ramming]], HSU