Shamsulla Aliyev

(1915-1943)

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Shamsulla Faizullah oglu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: Şəmsulla Feyzulla oğlu Əliyev, Russian: Шамсула Файзулла оглы Алиев; 4 April 1915–19 November 1943) was an Azerbaijani Red Army captain and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Aliyev was posthumously awarded the title on 16 May 1944 for his leadership of a battalion during the Kerch–Eltigen Operation. During the operation, Aliyev's battalion captured the Kerch Metallurgical Plant and reportedly killed 250 German soldiers. He was killed in action a week later on the outskirts of Kerch.

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Born	4 April 1915 Derbent, Dagestan Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	19 November 1943 (aged 28) near Kerch, Crimean ASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Zodiac	Aries
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