Hero City (Russian: город-герой, romanized: gorod-geroy, Ukrainian: місто-герой, romanized: misto-heroy, Belarusian: горад-герой, romanized: horad-heroy) is a Soviet honorary title awarded for outstanding heroism during World War II (the Eastern Front is known in most countries of the former Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War).[1] It was awarded to twelve cities of the Soviet Union.[2] In addition, the Brest Fortress was awarded an equivalent title of Hero Fortress.