Hazi Aslanov
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Hazi Aslanov (
Early life and prewar service
Listed in military records as an
Aslanov chose a military career and entered the Transcaucasian Military Preparatory School in
Aslanov was transferred to the Separate Tank Company of the
In May 1938, Aslanov was appointed chief of the school of the Separate Tank Battalion of the division, which had been renamed the 60th Rifle Division. The tank battalion had been expanded from the pre-existing tank company.[11] Promoted to captain in February 1939, his next assignment was as an assistant battalion commander for training and combat units with the 3rd Training Motor Transport Regiment at Kiev.[12] In this role, he took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland with the forces advancing into western Ukraine and the breakthrough of the Mannerheim Line during the fighting on the Karelian Isthmus in the Winter War. In August 1940, he was transferred to command the Motor Transport Battalion of the 10th Motor Rifle Regiment of the Kiev Special Military District's newly formed 10th Tank Division.[9] Aslanov was promoted to major in November 1940.[8]
Eastern Front
After Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Aslanov commanded the regimental Motor Transport Battalion in the border battles and the Battle of Kiev. In August 1941, he replaced the injured commander of a tank battalion. In the fierce battles near Shostka, Bakhmach and Pyriatyn, his tank commanders fought to the last tank, while Aslanov personally led his battalion in the attack. In one of these battles, Aslanov received two bullet wounds in his right leg and a severe shrapnel wound to the head, but despite these injuries, he continued to fight. When the battalion lost all of its tanks, he was appointed assistant commander of the 10th Motor Rifle Regiment for equipment on 25 August.[9] In this role, he fought in the region of Pyriatyn, Okhtyrka, Bohodukhiv and Kharkiv. With the surviving officers, Aslanov was placed in Southwestern Front reserve of command personnel in late 1941, and in January 1942 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, placed at the disposal of the Commander of the Armored and Mechanized Forces in Moscow.[6][12]
Aslanov was appointed deputy commander of the 55th Tank Brigade in February, but did not join the unit until May. Through this delay he avoided the destruction of the brigade in the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula. The 55th Tank Brigade was assigned to the 28th Tank Corps and took part in the Battle of Stalingrad. The brigade was reorganized as the 55th Separate Tank Regiment in October, reassigned to the 4th Mechanized Corps, and Aslanov, by then a lieutenant colonel, appointed its commander.[13] Aslanov led the regiment, in the Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad, and was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 22 December.[9] For its performance, his regiment became the 41st Guards Tank Regiment on 26 December, while the corps became the 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps. The regiment was reorganized as the 35th Guards Tank Brigade on 20 April 1943, and Aslanov continued in command.[14]
Aslanov led the brigade in the Rostov offensive, the
After completing the courses, Aslanov returned to command the 35th Guards Tank Brigade in April 1944, having promoted to major general on 13 March.
Awards and honors
Aslanov received his first star in 1943 for his performance at Stalingrad. The second was supposed to be given for the crossing of the
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (22 December 1942,[24] 21 June 1991 posthumously) | |
Twice Order of Lenin (22 December 1942, 21 June 1991 posthumously) | |
Thrice Order of the Red Banner (14 November 1943, 31 July 1944, 7 January 1945) | |
Order of Suvorov, 2nd class (22 July 1944) | |
Order of Alexander Nevsky (15 April 1943) | |
Medal "For Courage" (12 May 1942) | |
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (27 January 1945 posthumously) | |
Twice Order of the Red Star (29 June 1942, 3 November 1944) | |
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad" (1942) | |
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus" (1944) |
Aslanov is commemorated by monuments in Nagorny Park in
Gallery
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Granite memorial plate in memory of Hazi Aslanov on Mamayev Kurgan
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Award sheet for the Order of the Red Star
References
Citations
- ISBN 978-0-7146-4790-6, p. 251.
- ISBN 9781610690188.
- ^ “We are heirs of victory” campaign started in Baku Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 9781610690188.
- ^ Улицы Волгограда, названные в честь боевых соединений, военначальников и героев Сталинградской битвы (in Russian)
- ^ a b c "Асланов Ази Агадович". Tank Front (in Russian). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Drig 2019, p. 99.
- ^ a b Герои ВОВ:Асланов Ази Ахад оглы Archived 2010-05-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Tsapayev 2019, pp. 37–38.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-5009-5, p. 28.
- ^ a b "Асланов Ази Агадович: Учетно-послужная картотека". Pamyat Naroda (in Russian).
- ^ a b Zhilin 2008.
- ^ "55-й отдельный танковый полк". Tank Front. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "41-й гвардейский танковый полк". Tank Front (in Russian).
- ^ a b c d "Hazi Aslanov". Герои страны ("Heroes of the Country") (in Russian).
- ^ Maslov 1998, p. 167.
- ^ "«Книга умерших хирургического подвижного полевого госпиталя № 4396»". Pamyat Naroda (in Russian).
- ^ "«Именной список безвозвратных потерь ОУППГ № 4396 за 25-30.01.1945»". Pamyat Naroda (in Russian).
- ^ "Формуляр деятельности 35 гв. тбр (бывший 41 гв. тп)". Pamyat Naroda (in Russian). p. 10.
- ^ "История боевых действий 35 гв. тбр". Pamyat Naroda (in Russian). pp. 45–46.
- ^ Azerbaycaninsesi.com:Həzi Aslanov Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
- ^ War and its Legacy: General Aslanov
- ^ Аллея славы:Асланов Ази Ахад оглы (in Russian)
- ^ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении звания Героя Советского Союза начальствующему составу Красной Армии» от 22 декабря 1942 года // Ведомости Верховного Совета Союза Советских Социалистических Республик : газета. — 1942. — 25 декабря (№ 46 (205)). — С. 1.
- ^ Виртуальный Мамаев курган Archived 2009-11-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Travel to Azerbaijan Archived 2009-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cultural centres in Lankaran Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
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- Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь (Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary). V.1. Moscow: Voenizdat, 1987.
- Drig, Yevgeny (2019). Войска Семена Михайловича. История организационного строительства стратегической конницы РККА [The Troops of Semyon Mikhailovich: A History of the Organizational Development of the Strategic Cavalry of the Red Army] (in Russian). Moscow: Fond "Russkiye Vityazi". ISBN 978-5-6041924-3-6.
- Maslov, Aleksander A. (1998). Fallen Soviet Generals: Soviet General Officers Killed in Battle, 1941–1945. Translated by David Glantz. London: Frank Cass. ISBN 978-0-7146-4790-6.
- Tsapayev, D.A., ed. (2019). Великая Отечественная: Комбриги. Военный биографический словарь [Brigade commanders of the Great Patriotic: Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 3. Moscow: Ripol Klassik. ISBN 978-5-386-13527-0.
- Золотые Звезды Азербайджана. Баку, 1975.
- Zhilin, Vitaly (2008). Танкисты-герои 1943-1945 гг (in Russian). Yauza. OCLC 682142310.