Oleg Babak (Russian: Олег Яковлевич Бабак; 25 February 1967 - 7 April 1991) was a Ukrainian MVD Lieutenant and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. He has the distinction of being the last Soviet officer to die in the line of duty that was given the Hero of the Soviet Union award. Although it was the second last of the 12,775 medals issued it was officially the last proper Soviet-era award before the USSR was dissolved in December 1991. The last medal was awarded on 16 January 1992 to Captain 3rd Rank Leonid Solodkov, but by that time the USSR had not existed as a state for 22 days.