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Dec 13, 1910 Zümürxan, Barda District, Azerbaijan Died on 01 Jan 1988 (aged 77) Sagittarius
Aslan Vazirov - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Aslan Vazirov
- Aslan Farhad oglu Vazirov (Azerbaijani: Aslan Farhad ogli V?zirov; 13 December 1910 – 18 May 1987) was an Azerbaijani Red Army colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Vazirov served in the Red Army's engineer troops during the interwar period.
- In 1941 and 1942 Vazirov served with the 18th Army's engineering troops.
- In that year he became commander of the 38th Separate Engineering Regiment.
- During the Battle of the Caucasus he led the 5th Mountain Mine-Engineer Brigade.
- In June 1943 he became commander of the 51st Engineer-Sapper Brigade.
- He commanded the 1st Guards Assault Engineer-Sapper Brigade from May 1944.
- Vazirov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 29 June 1945 for his leadership of the brigade during the Berlin Offensive.
- Vazirov retired in 1947 and lived in Baku.
- He became a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR and was chairman of the Baku chapter of the Soviet Committee of War Veterans.
