Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Stepanenko akasarudzwa kuti apiwe zita rokuti Hero of the Soviet Union kechipiri musi wa28 January 1945; panguva iyoyo, akanga abhururuka nendege 395, achirwa muhondo 112, uye iye pachake akapfura pasi ndege dzevavengi 32. Akapihwa zita iri mushure mekupera kwehondo musi wa 18 Nyamavhuvhu 1945. Apinda muhondo semutyairi wechidiki, akanga ari mutungamiri wechikoro ane chinzvimbo chechikuru pakuguma kwehondo. Pamwe chete, akabatanidzwa mukuparadza ndege dzevavengi pfumbamwe, iye pachake akapfura 32, uye akabatanidzwa mumakwikwi e118 mukati memabasa e414. Akafora mu
Victory Day Parade musi wa24 Chikumi 1945 sechikamu cheLeningrad kumberi kwemberi; pamberi peyuniti yake yakaitwa chikamu cheLeningrad kumberi yakanga yarwa ichirwa pasi peBryansk, Stalingrad, Maodzanyemba, North Caucasian, uye Western fronts yehondo. Akanga abhururuka muhondo dzeVoronezh, Stalingrad, Rostov, Kuban, Oryol, Riga, Polotsk, nemamwe maguta.