The funeral of Azi Aslanov in Baku.
Azi Agadovitsj Aslanov (Russisch: Azi Agadovic Aslanov, Azerbeidzjaans: Hazi Ahad oglu Aslanov) (Lankaran, Jan. 22, 1910 - Priekule, Jan. 24, 1945) was a member of the Tweeter Wereldoorlog in Rode Leger tijdens. Hij werd tweemaal Held van de Sovjet-Unie.
Azi Aslanov was born as a son of laborers. When he was 13, his father died and left his school to work in a brickworks.
In 1929 he graduated from the Transcaucasian preparatory military school in Baku. He then went to the cavalry school in Leningrad. When he graduated in June 1931, he received the command of the 15th Cavalry Regiment of the 3rd Cavalry Division in Bessarabia. In 1937 he became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In February 1939, he was promoted to Captain.
He took part in the Soviet attack on Poland in 1939. He fought in the Karelian land length. He broke the Mannerheim Line in the Winter War. He was promoted to Major in November 1940.
In August 1941, he replaced the injured commander of a tank battalion of a dozen T-26, BT-5, BT-7 and T-34 tanks.
He fought at Sjostka, Bakhmach and Piryatin. In one of those fights he fought despite two bullet wounds in his right leg and a wound on his head of a grenade. He fought in Piryatin, Okhtyrka, Bohodukhiv and Charkov. Later in 1942 he led the 35th Guards Tank Brigade from Stalingrad through Borisovo, Vilejka and Minsk to Vilnius and Riga. He participated in the Battle of Rostov and Taganrog. His brigade liberated Pleshinitsy. He received his first star in 1943 for heroism in Stalingrad. During a reconnaissance ride on January 24, 1945 near Priekule in the Liepāja district, he became severely injured. He died 5.5 hours later. He received posthumously his second star in 1991 for the Berezina crossing.
A Bakoe subway station, a school, an oil tanker and streets in Baku, İmişli and Wolgograd and a monument in Vilejka are named after him. A village of Həzi Aslanov in the Ağstafa region is called him. His house in Lənkəran is now a museum. A granite memorial to Mamajev Koergan refers to him.
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