Hasi Aslanov

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Hasi Aslanov

Hasi Aslanow ( Azerbaijani Həzi Əhəd oğlu Aslanov; Häsi Ähäd oglu Aslanow , Russian Ази Ахадович Асланов * January 22 . Jul / February 4, 1910 greg. In Lankaran , government Baku , Russian Empire ; † 24 January 1945 in Priekule , Province Liepāja , Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic , USSR ) was a Soviet-Azerbaijani tank commander, major general of the Soviet army and two-time " Hero of the Soviet Union ".

biography

Aslanov was born into the family of a brickworker . Due to the untimely death of his father, he was unable to attend secondary school and had to work as a laborer in a brick factory in Lənkəran to support his mother. In 1924 he completed the Likbez literacy courses.

Pre-war military service

Aslanov began his military career in the ranks of the Red Peasant and Workers Army in 1924 at the age of 14. In 1929 he graduated from Sergo Ordzhonikidze Infantry School in Baku . Subsequently, by decision of the Revolutionary War Council of the Transcaucasian Military Circle , he was sent to Leningrad to attend the military preparatory courses there in the Borisoglebsk cavalry school.

In June 1931 Aslanov received his first command post as the commander of a platoon belonging to the 3rd Grigory Kotovsky Bessarabian Cavalry Division stationed in Berdychiv , Ukraine . Aslanov was able to expand his military leadership skills further in 1933 through the advanced training courses for tank commanders at the Malinowski Military Academy of the Armored Forces. In the same year he joined the 2nd Soviet Rifle Division in the Byelorussian Military District, where over time he rose from a simple platoon commander to the head of a tank company .

In 1937 Aslanov joined the CPSU .

In 1938 Aslanov was assigned to the 60th Rifle Division as the commander of a separate tank battalion. Only a few months later he was transferred to the Ukraine and moved first to deputy, then to commander of the 3rd Motorized Regiment in the Kiev military district.

Aslanov's tank units took part in the Soviet occupation of eastern Poland and in the winter war of 1939–1940.

German-Soviet War

When the Wehrmacht invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, Aslanov's 10th Panzer Division, who had been promoted to major in November 1940 , was transferred to the 15th Mechanized Corps. In August 1941 he temporarily commanded a tank battalion and took part in the Battle of Kiev .

At the beginning of 1942 Aslanov was posted to Moscow as the commander of the armored and motorized units . A month later he was assigned to the 55th separate tank brigade as deputy commander on the Crimean front . With the conquest of the peninsula by the Wehrmacht troops in July 1942, the shrunken tank units from Aslanov withdrew to the North Caucasus and were reorganized there. In October of the same year, Lieutenant Colonel Azlanov was appointed commander of the 55th Separate Tank Regiment (part of the 4th Motorized Corps).

Major General Aslanov (seated in the middle) with officers of the 35th Tank Brigade (June 1944)

With the start of the Soviet counter-offensive to recapture the city of Stalingrad as part of Operation Uranus on November 19, 1942, the Aslanov tank regiment was involved in the most severe fighting. The battles against the Don Army Group led by Erich Manstein , which had unsuccessfully tried to break through the siege ring around Stalingrad and free the 6th Army of Friedrich Paulus from the encirclement, were particularly violent and costly . During the battle for the Verkhne-Kumsk Rajon southwest of Stalingrad alone, the Azlanov tank units destroyed 30 enemy tanks, 26 artillery pieces and 50 military vehicles. More than 2000 Wehrmacht soldiers and officers were killed. With the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of December 22, 1942, Aslanov was awarded the highest military prize, Hero of the Soviet Union, for his bravery and personal heroism during the Battle of Stalingrad .

At the same time he was promoted to colonel , Aslanov was appointed leader of the 35th Guards Tank Brigade of the 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps in January 1943. His tank soldiers played a decisive role in the liberation of the cities of Belgorod , Sumy , Ochtyrka , Poltava , Lebedyn and Myrhorod .

In March 1944, at the age of 34, Aslanov was appointed major general of the armored forces. In the spring and summer of the same year, his brigade continued the liberation campaigns of Soviet cities on the western front ( Vilejka , Minsk , Maladsetschna , Vilnius , Šiauliai , Jelgava etc.).

In August 1944, Aslanov's 35th Panzer Brigade was given the honorary title “Shavlinskaya”. During the Kesselschlacht von Kurland in late 1944 - early 1945, his combat troops were again on the front line.

death

Aslanov buried in Baku

During a military reconnaissance operation of the Soviet troops in the town of Piekule in the west of what is now Latvia on January 24, 1945, Major General Aslanov suffered serious injuries to the head, neck and chest as a result of a grenade explosion. He died a few hours later and was buried in what is now the Martyrs' Allee in Baku .

Posthumously

In July 1944, the commander of the 3rd Belarusian Front Ivan Danilowitsch Tschernjachowski turned to the Soviet High Command to award Hasi Azlanov the Hero of the Soviet Union for his services during Operation Bagration . It was not until 46 years later, on June 21, 1991, that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev complied with this recommendation, and Aslanov posthumously became a two-time hero of the Soviet Union.

Awards

Awarding Lieutenant Colonel Aslanov with the medal "Hero of the Soviet Union" on December 22, 1942
  • Double "Hero of the Soviet Union"

souvenir

Hasi Azlanov Metro Station in Baku
Aslanov's memorial plaque on Mamayev Hill in Volgograd

The following are named after Aslanov:

  • One of the metro stations in Baku
  • School No. 175 in Baku, School No. 3 in Lənkəran and a school in Volgograd
  • a village in the city of Ağstafa in western Azerbaijan and a town in Baku

In honor of Aslanov, monuments have been erected in Baku and in Vilejka, Belarus.

In his hometown Lnkəran a house museum was built.

On Mamayev Hill in Volgograd there is a plaque of Aslanov.

The film “I loved her more than life” (“Я любил вас больше жизни”), shot by the film production company “Azerbaijanfilm” in 1985, is about the glorious military career of the tank commander.

Literature and individual references

  1. ↑ Aleksander A. Maslov / David M. Glantz: Fallen Soviet Generals: Soviet General Officers Killed in Battle, 1941-1945 . Routledge, Abingdon, United Kingdom 1998, ISBN 978-0-7146-4790-6 .
  2. ↑ Огульчанский Иван Георгиевич: Ази Асланов . "Воениздат", Москва 1960.
  3. ↑ Асланов Ази Ахад оглы. Дважды Герой Советского Союза. In: Герои страны. Retrieved April 15, 2019 (Russian).
  4. ↑ Michael Parrish: Sacrifice of the Generals: Soviet Senior Officer Losses, 1939-1953 . Scarecrow Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-5009-5 , pp. 28 .
  5. ↑ Алексей Зайцев / Иван Рощин / Валентин Соловьев: Зачислен навечно: Биографический справочник . "Политиздат", Москва 1990, p. 28-29 .
  6. ↑ Асланов Ази Ахад оглы. In: "Наша Победа". Retrieved April 15, 2019 (Russian).
  7. ↑ Ленкоранцы почтили память дважды героя Советского Союза Ази Асланова. January 24, 2015, Retrieved April 15, 2019 (Russian).
  8. ↑ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА СОЮЗА СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК О НАГРАЖДЕНИИ ГЕРОЯ СОВЕТСКОГО СОЮЗА ГЕНЕРАЛ-МАЙОРА АСЛАНОВА А.А. ОРДЕНОМ ЛЕНИНА И ВТОРОЙ МЕДАЛЬЮ "ЗОЛОТАЯ ЗВЕЗДА". Retrieved April 15, 2019 (Russian).
  9. ↑ Улицы Волгограда, названные в честь боевых соединений, военначальников и героев Сталинградсвой бинградсткой. Асланов Ази Агадович. In: Памятники и достопримечательности Волгограда. Retrieved April 15, 2019 (Russian).
  10. ↑ Рустам Гасымов: Бакинская городская скульптура: История создания памятника Ази Асланову. May 9, 2018, Retrieved April 15, 2019 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Aslanov, Hasi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aslanov, Həzi Əhəd oğlu (Azerbaijani); Aslanow, Häsi Ähäd oglu; Асланов, Ази Ахадович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet-Azerbaijani tank commander, major general of the Soviet army and "Hero of the Soviet Union"
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Lənkəran , Baku Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1945
Place of death Priekule , Liepāja Province , Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic , USSR