Albert Agarunov
Albert Agarunov | |
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Died | May 8, 1992 | (aged 23)
Burial place | Baku, Azerbaijan |
Nationality | Azerbaijani |
Occupation | Military |
Parent | Agarun Agarunov |
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Albert Agarunovich Agarunov (Azerbaijani: Albert Aqarunoviç Aqarunov) (25 April 1969 – 8 May 1992) was a Starshina of the Azerbaijani Army posthumously named National Hero of Azerbaijan.[1]
Agarunov died during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, during the Battle of Shusha on May 9, 1992.
Life
Albert Agarunov was born in a Baku suburb to Mountain Jewish parents,[2][3] Agarun, who was an oil-worker from Quba, and Leah Agarunov. Albert was one of the family's ten children. During his school years, Albert was interested in music, and he took trumpet lessons. After obtaining a degree in technology, he started working at a machine building factory, as a metal turner.[4]
Military service
He served in the Soviet Army from 1987 to 1989 in Georgia. Agarunov was a tank commander during his military service.
In 1991, Agarunov voluntarily enlisted in the
In May 1992, Armenian forces launched a
Death and commemorations
Commander Haji Azimov said that Agarunov left his vehicle to remove the bodies of dead Azerbaijani soldiers lying on the streets, and he was hit by sniper fire. Agarunov was killed on the road connecting Shusha to Lachin on 8 May 1992.[7] Agarunov was posthumously awarded the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan and was buried at Martyrs' Lane in Baku in May 1992, attended by both Imams and Rabbis. The school in Baku from which Albert graduated was renamed after him.[8]
In 2017, a memorial plaque was placed in Albert Agarunov's house in Amirjan settlement of Surakhani district.[9]
In 2020, a monument honoring him, including a giant statue of Agarunov, was unveiled in Baku.[5]
Awards
(1992) — National Hero of Azerbaijan[1]
(2014) — "Son of the Fatherland" order [10]
(2016) — Hazi Aslanov medal[11]
References
- ^ a b "Azərbaycan Respublikası Müdafiə Nazirliyinin hərbi qulluqçularına "Azərbaycanın Milli Qəhrəmanı" adı verilməsi haqqında" (in Azerbaijani).
- ^ "Альберт Агарунович Агарунов - танкист, Национальный герой Азербайджана". Aksakal Media. Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- YouTube
- ^ "Albert Aqarunov: "Mən müsahibə verə bilmirəm..." – 1905.az". 1905.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ a b Gut, Arye (17 May 2020). "Remembering Albert Agarunov, the Jewish hero of Azerbaijan". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- Washington Post.
- ^ De Waal. Black Garden, p. 314, note 42.
- ^ "Suraxanı rayonunda Azərbaycanın Milli Qəhrəmanı Albert Aqarunovun xatirəsi anılmışdır". surakhani-ih.gov.az. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "Şuşanın işğal günü amerikalı müəllifdən önəmli məqalə". Trend.Az (in Azerbaijani). 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ "Şəhid Milli Qəhrəman Albert Aqarunov "Vətən övladı" ordeninə layiq görülüb". trend.az (in Azerbaijani). 8 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ^ "Milli Qəhrəman Albert Aqarunov ordenlə təltif edilib". Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2017.