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Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko

Soviet aviator (1920-2007) · Russia · On the map · Died at 87

Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko was a Soviet pilot who became a flying ace with over 30 solo shootdowns during World War II. He remained in the military after the end of the war and went on to fly a variety of MiG aircraft and become a Major-General.

Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko is read about 10 times a day, in 8 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 17 August 2026

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2007Died31 May 20071999Defender of the Motherland MedalAward1975Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd classAward1966Merited Military Pilot of the USSRAward1955Order of the Red StarAward1945Gold Star medalAwardMedal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"AwardOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st classAwardOrder of the Red StarAward1944Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of Alexander NevskyAwardOrder of the Red BannerAward1943Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd classAwardOrder of the Red StarAward1942Order of the Red BannerAward1920Born13 April 1920

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Defender of the Motherland Medal1999
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1985
Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class1975
Merited Military Pilot of the USSR1966
Order of the Red Star1956
Order of the Red Star1955
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1945
Order of the Red Star1945
Hero of the Soviet Union1945
Gold Star medal1945
Order of the Red Banner1945
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"1945
Hero of the Soviet Union1944
Gold Star medal1944
Order of the Red Banner1944
Order of Lenin1944
Order of Alexander Nevsky1944
Order of the Red Star1943
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class1943
Order of the Red Star1942
Order of the Red Banner1942
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Battle Merit"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

About this person

Country
Russia
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2007 · aged 87

The same award as Ivan

Pavel PlotnikovBoth received Merited Military Pilot of the USSRSemyon KharlamovBoth received Merited Military Pilot of the USSRIvan PstygoBoth received Merited Military Pilot of the USSRAleksandr Ivanovich Babaev (pilot)Both received Merited Military Pilot of the USSRDmitry OskinBoth received Merited Military Pilot of the USSRVasily BabkovBoth received Merited Military Pilot of the USSR