The Soviet Union 1962 CPA 2664 stamp (World War II Hero Frigate Captain Magomet Gadzhiyev, K-3 Submarine and Sinking Ship)

Magomet Imadutinovich Gadzhiyev (russian: Магомет Имадутдинович Гаджиев; 20 December 1907 – 12 May 1942) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and

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 ...

. He fought and died during

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Biography

Gadzhiev was an ethnic Avar, born into a peasant family in the

Megeb Megeb (russian: Мегеб; Dargwa: Мия МехӀвела) is a rural locality (a selo) in Gunibsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 700 as of 2010. Geography Megeb is located 28 km southeast of Gunib (the ...

area of

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. He joined the navy in 1925 and graduated from the

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in 1932. He was appointed to the submarine division of the

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and was second in command of the AG class submarine ''A2''. He subsequently commanded the submarines ''M-9'' and ''ShCh-117''. In 1939 he studied at the

Voroshilov Naval Academy Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (, uk, Климент Охрімович Ворошилов, ''Klyment Okhrimovyč Vorošylov''), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (russian: link=no, Клим Вороши́лов, ''Klim Vorošilov''; 4 Februa ...

and was assigned to the

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on graduation. He became commander of the submarine brigade of the Northern Fleet in 1940. His command sank 10 German transports in 1942. On 12 May 1942 his boat, the K class '' K 23'', was sunk by German forces commanded by

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with all hands lost.

Awards and honours

* Gadzhiev was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union on 23 October 1942 *

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 ...

(twice) *

Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...

The town of

Gadzhiyevo Gadzhiyevo (russian: Гаджи́ево) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Population: It was previously known as ''Yagelnaya Guba'' ( ...

near

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was named after him. A Don class submarine depot ship was named ''Magomet Gadzhiyev'' in the 1960s. Streets in Murmansk,

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Severomorsk Severomorsk (russian: Северомо́рск), known as Vayenga () until April 18, 1951, is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Severomorsk is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. The town is located on the coast o ...

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and Polyarny, and several schools, were named in his honour.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gadzhiyev, Magomet 1907 births 1942 deaths Avar people Heroes of the Soviet Union People from Gunibsky District Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Soviet military personnel killed in World War II Soviet submarine commanders N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy alumni