# The Hero Cities of the Soviet Union and the Hero Fortress

The honorary title "Hero City" was given in the USSR to cities whose defenders showed outstanding heroism in the Second World War. The twelve cities and the Brest Fortress in the order they received the title: from Leningrad, Odesa, Sevastopol, Volgograd, Kyiv and Moscow in 1965 to Murmansk and Smolensk in 1985.

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- Apr 6, 2024 · Zhenya Sokolov
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## Top 13

1. **Leningrad** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Title conferred on 8 May 1965. Saint Petersburg since 1991; endured an 872-day siege.
2. **Sevastopol** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Title conferred on 8 May 1965.
3. **Volgograd** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Title conferred on 8 May 1965. Called Stalingrad until 1961; site of the Battle of Stalingrad.
4. **Kyiv** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Title conferred on 8 May 1965.
5. **Moscow** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Title conferred on 8 May 1965.
6. **Smolensk** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Title conferred on 6 May 1985.
7. **Odesa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Title conferred on 8 May 1965.
8. **Brest Fortress** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Title conferred on 8 May 1965. The only "Hero Fortress".
9. **Kerch** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Title conferred on 14 September 1973.
10. **Minsk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Title conferred on 26 June 1974.
11. **Tula** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Title conferred on 7 December 1976.
12. **Murmansk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Title conferred on 6 May 1985.
13. **Novorossiysk** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Title conferred on 14 September 1973.

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