Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roman Mashkov
Significant coverage in RS is present in the sources that have been added to the article, and Mashkov is unquestionably notable under  as a top-level award recipient under longstanding consensus in addition to meeting  due to coverage in multiple secondary sources. Given that most Russian newspapers and books are not digitized, it is certain that more coverage of him exists than what can easily be found in digitized publications. While the title Hero of the Soviet Union was more frequently awarded in World War II than comparable awards such as the Medal of Honor, at most less than a thousandth of the millions of men in the Soviet Armed Forces during the war received the award. As to arguments about the lack of notability of small unit commanders, we have numerous examples of highly notable privates and Alvin York|junior non-commissioned officers
— User:Kges1901, 13:38, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:SOLDIER||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)