Aytakin Mammadov
Aytakin Mammadov | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 May 1967 Gadabay District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Died | 18 December 1991 (aged 24) Goygol District, Azerbaijan |
| Years of service | 1990–1991 |
| Battles / wars | First Nagorno-Karabakh War |
| Awards | National Hero of Azerbaijan 1992  |
Aytakin Israel oglu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Aytəkin Məmmədov) (29 May 1967, Gadabay, Azerbaijan SSR – December 1991, Goygol, Azerbaijan Republic) — was the military serviceman of Azerbaijan Armed Forces, warrior during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and National Hero of Azerbaijan.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Mammadov was born on 29 May 1967 in Gadabay, Azerbaijan SSR. In 1984, he completed his secondary education. He had served in the Soviet Army during 1985–1987.
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
[edit]Mammadov had entered Ministry of Internal Affairs (Azerbaijan) Special Forces in 1991 and was sent to Goygol against Armenian troops.[2]
In December 1991, he was killed in one of the battles around Goygol District.
Honors
[edit]Aytakin Israel oglu Mammadov was posthumously awarded the title of the "National Hero of Azerbaijan" by Presidential Decree No. 264 dated 8 October 1992.
He was buried at the Gokeli village cemetery.
A school in Gokeli village of the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan was named after him. In 2013, he also shot a documentary feature film "Heroes of the Unconquerable of Castle", which tells the life and war of three other National Heroes of Gadabay - Isgender Aznaurov, Ilham Aliyev and Mazahir Rustamov.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Qəhrəmanlar unudulmur!- Aytəkin Məmmədov
- ^ Əlamətdar və tarixi günlər təqvimi
- ^ Milli Qəhrəmanlara həsr olunmuş film çəkilmişdir. AzərTAc, 25.09.2013. (in Azerbaijani)
Sources
[edit]- Vugar Asgarov. Azərbaycanın Milli Qəhrəmanları (Yenidən işlənmiş II nəşr). Bakı: "Dərələyəz-M", 2010, səh. 269.