Photo USSR General DEMIN Hero of the Soviet Union Two Chinese Medal Friendship. April, 1966, size 11.5 x 17 cm. Demin Nikita Stepanovich [?????????????????????]. Hero of the Soviet Union (07.05.1965), lieutenant general (10.05.1961). Lieutenant General Nikita Stepanovich Demin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal No. Four Orders of the Red Banner. Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees. Four Orders of the Red Star (including 11/5/1980). Medals of the USSR. “50 years in the CPSU” badge. Foreign orders and medals.