Tofig Huseynov (; 19 April 1954 – 26 February 1992) was an Azerbaijani soldier and
National Hero of Azerbaijan, He commanded the Khojaly Self-Defence Battalion.
Biography
Huseynov was born on April 19, 1954, in Khojaly, in what was then the
Azerbaijan SSR
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union be ...
. From 1961 to 1971, he studied at secondary school. Then, he graduated from the local agricultural technical school in the city of
Aghdam
Aghdam () is a town and the nominal capital of the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. Founded in the 18th century, it was granted city status in 1828 and grew considerably during the Soviet period. Aghdam lies from Stepanakert at the eastern foot ...
. From 1974 to 1976 he served in the ranks of the Soviet army in the city of
Alma-Ata
Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains in southern Kazakhstan, near the border wi ...
, the capital of the
Kazakh SSR (now
Kazakhstan
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). Returning to his homeland, he taught basic military training at a secondary school in Khojaly.
With the beginning of the
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
The First Nagorno-Karabakh War was an ethnic conflict, ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nag ...
, he took part in the defense of Khojaly. He was one of the founders of the Khojaly Self-Defense Battalion in 1991, and was later appointed commander of this battalion. After an operation in which 10 Armenian servicemen were captured, he was awarded the rank of
major
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* Major (rank), a military rank
* Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
* People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
* Major and minor in musi ...
. He was a victim of
Khojaly Massacre, dying on 26 February 1992.
Legacy
By the decree of the President, Huseynov was awarded the title of the National Hero of Azerbaijan (posthumously). He was buried in
Martyr's Avenue of Baku.
Lent.az Qəhrəmanlar unudulmur – Milli Qəhrəman Tofiq Hüseynov
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See also
* National Heroes of Azerbaijan
* Khojaly Massacre
References
Links
HÜSEYNOV TOFİQ MİRSİYAB oğlu
Хавва Мамедова. Ходжалы. Шехиды и Шахиды
* [http://www.elibrary.az/docs/rukhojali/gl1.pdf Список погибших во время Ходжалинской трагедии. Управление делами Президента Азербайджанской Республики. ПРЕЗИДЕНТСКАЯ БИБЛИОТЕКА]
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Khojaly Massacre
Azerbaijani military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh War
National Heroes of Azerbaijan
Victims of the Khojaly massacre