Dair Asanovich Asanov ( kg, Дайыр Асанов; russian: Даир Аса́нович Аса́нов; 20 May 1922 – 18 September 2009) was a

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and a

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

Biography

Asanov was born on 30 May 1922 in the Naryn oblast of the Kyrgyz SSR. Before enlisting in the army he worked as a teacher on a collective farm. He worked as a gunner of the 1208th Fighter Artillery Regiment. In January 1942, he was awarded for his actions when his gun direct fire ignited a tank of the Germans. He was awarded the title of

on 26 October 1943 for his heroic acts during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. After the war, Asanov graduated from the 1st Guards Ulyanovsk Tank School 1946, the

Tashkent Higher Tank Command School The Chirchiq Higher Tank Command and Engineering School (), formerly the Tashkent Order of Lenin Higher Tank Command School named after Pavel Rybalko () is a military academy of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan, responsible for training armore ...

in 1950, and the V.I. Lenin Political-Military Academy 1956. He worked as a commander commissariats in Tokmak, Chui, and the Leninsky district of the city of Frunze from 1961 to 1984. From 1985 to 1996 he was the director of the Kyrgyz State National Military Lyceum. In 1994, he retired with the rank of

. He died on 18 September 2009 in Bishkek at the age of 88. At the time of his death he was the last

from Kyrgyzstan.

Legacy

The Kyrgyz State National Military Lyceum (which he commanded from 1985 to 1996) is named after Asanov. His wife Jamalbubu-Apa was awarded the Jubilee Medal "75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" in 2020.

Awards

(Gold Star No. 2645) *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

* Two

Order of the Patriotic War The Order of the Patriotic War (russian: Орден Отечественной войны, Orden Otechestvennoy voiny) is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisan ...

, 1st class * Two

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...

* Order of the Badge of Honor * Medal for Battle Merit (3)

References

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