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Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

Field	Value
name	Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
image	Герой на НРБ (аверс).jpg
image_size	150px
caption	Gold Star medal of the Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
presenter	the
State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
country	People's Republic of Bulgaria
type	Honorary title
eligibility	Bulgarian and allied citizens
awarded_for	Merits in defending Bulgaria and other countries allied to Bulgaria
status	No longer awarded
established	15 June 1948
lastawarded	1990
total_awarded	58
same	Hero of Socialist Labour
lower	People's Honorary Title
related	Order of Georgi Dimitrov

State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria | post-nominals = The Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria () was awarded to Bulgarian and foreign citizens for merits in defending Bulgaria and other countries allied to Bulgaria. Established on 15 June 1948, it was awarded until 1990. It was the highest honour of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Individuals who were named Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria were also awarded the Order of Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria's highest award at the time.

Notable recipients

Nikita Khrushchev USSR (Politician) 1964,
General Ivan Mihajlov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg (Military/Politician) 6 March 1967,
Tsola Dragoycheva Bulgaria (Politician) 1968,
Todor Zhivkov Bulgaria (Politician) 1971 and 1981,
Bojan Balgaranov Bulgaria (Politician) 1972,
Leonid Brezhnev USSR (Politician) 1973, 1976 and 1981,
Zachari Zachariev Aka Goranov Semenovich USSR/Bulgaria (Military) 1974.
General Dobri Djurov Bulgaria (Military/Politician) 1976,
Georgi Ivanov Bulgaria (Cosmonaut) 1979,
Nikolai Rukavishnikov USSR (Cosmonaut) 1979,
Aleksei Yeliseyev USSR (Cosmonaut) 1979,
Marshal Of The Soviet Union Fyodor Tolbukhin USSR (Military) 1981 (Posthumously),
Elisaveta Bagriana Bulgaria (Poet) 1983,
Hristo Prodanov Bulgaria (Mountaineer) 1984 (Posthumously),
Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov Bulgaria (Cosmonaut) 1988,
Anatoly Solovyev USSR (Cosmonaut) 1988,
Viktor Savinykh USSR(Cosmonaut) 1988,
Anton Yugov Bulgaria (Politician) 1989,
Georgi Traykov Bulgaria (Politician),
Grisha Filipov Bulgaria (Politician),
Karlo Lukanov Bulgaria (Politician),
Peko Takov Bulgaria (Politician),
Sava Ganovski Bulgaria (Politician).
Yuri Andropov USSR (politician)
Venko Markovski Bulgaria (Poet)

References

Werlich, Robert. (1965). "Orders and decorations of all nations: ancient and modern, civil and military". Quaker Press.

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