Mammad Jabrail oglu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Məmməd Cəbrayıl oğlu Məmmədov; 1920–24 January 1945) was an

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Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

Senior Sergeant 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 ...

. Mammadov was posthumously awarded the title on 10 April 1945 for his actions during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, during which he reportedly killed 40 German soldiers while surrounded.

Early life

Mammadov was born in 1920 in

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to a peasant family. After receiving seven years of education he graduated from the Nukha teacher training college in 1939. He worked in Almalı as a secondary school teacher. Mammadov was drafted into the Red Army on 10 October 1940.

World War II

Mammadov fought in World War II from June 1941. He became a medic in the 1st Company of the 1235th Rifle Regiment in the

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. On 31 August 1944 he was awarded the Medal "For Courage" for his actions. In January 1945, he fought in the Vistula–Oder Offensive. During the capture of Namslau Mammadov evacuated four seriously wounded soldiers from the battlefield. On 24 January, during the crossing of the

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near Breslau in the Rattvits area, Mammadov reportedly evacuated sixteen soldiers and his commander. During a German counterattack, he reportedly took up defensive positions in a house on the left bank of the river, firing three carbines taken from the wounded. Mammadov was surrounded and reportedly killed 40 German soldiers. He was killed in this action. Mammadov's actions were credited with enabling his unit to advance. Mammadov was buried in Rattvits. On 10 April 1945 he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the

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 ...

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Qakh Qakh District ( az, Qax rayonu; ka, კახის რაიონი, K′akhis raioni; Tsakhur: Къахын район) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north of the country and belongs to the Shaki-Zagatala Ec ...

was named for Mammadov, as well as a

Sovkhoz A sovkhoz ( rus, совхо́з, p=sɐfˈxos, a=ru-sovkhoz.ogg, abbreviated from ''советское хозяйство'', "sovetskoye khozyaystvo (sovkhoz)"; ) was a form of state-owned farm in the Soviet Union. It is usually contrasted wit ...

Qakh District Qakh District ( az, Qax rayonu; ka, კახის რაიონი, K′akhis raioni; Tsakhur: Къахын район) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north of the country and belongs to the Shaki-Zagatala Ec ...

References

1920 births 1945 deaths Heroes of the Soviet Union Soviet military personnel killed in World War II People from Qakh District Soviet military personnel of World War II from Azerbaijan {{DEFAULTSORT:Mammadov, Mammad