Mirasgar Mirabdulla oglu Seyidov () (6 February 1970 – 14 June 1992) -
National Hero of Azerbaijan was born on February 6, 1970, in the
Qaraxanbəyli village of the
Nakhchivan city of
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
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of
Azerbaijan
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.
Life
Mirasgar Seyidov worked in his own village after finishing secondary school in 1987. He returned to Nakhchivan after being dismissed from the
Soviet Army
The Soviet Ground Forces () was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army.
After the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991, the Ground Forces remained under th ...
in 1990.
In Battles
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 ...
did not pass by
Nakhchivan either. Armenian forces started attacking villages of Nakhchivan constantly. But all the attacks were prevented by the voluntary self-defense groups and Mirasgar Seyidov was one of them who voluntarily enlisted in the self-defense battalion of
Yuxarı Buzqov village. He was fighting within this battalion. He showed extreme courage in all the battles. His last battle took place on 14 June 1992. He was severely wounded and died while saving one of the wounded soldiers.
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Family
He was single.
Awards
He was posthumously awarded the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan by decree 367 of the president of Azerbaijan Republic
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on 18 December 1992.
School #15 in Nakhchivan city where he once studied was renamed after him.
He is buried in the Alley of Martyrs in Nakhchivan city.
References
External links
İTV kanalı. Milli QəhrəmanMirasgar M. Seyidov
*Vüqar Əsgərov, "Azərbaycanın Milli Qəhrəmanları" (Yenidən işlənmiş II nəşr). Bakı: "Dərələyəz-M", 2010, səh. 258.
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1970 births
1992 deaths
People from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Azerbaijani military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh War
Azerbaijani military personnel killed in action
National Heroes of Azerbaijan