The Establishment of The Soviet Regime In Northern Azerbaijan. Resistance Against The Invaders

Azerbaijani Soldiers at the Fronts of the War, the Guerrilla Movement and the European Resistance. Despite the fact that many Russian officers in the Soviet army treated with distrust and prejudice to the Azerbaijani soldiers, tens of thousands of our compatriots fought heroically at the fronts of the war against the German fascist invaders. Among the defenders of the Brest Fortress were 44 Azerbaijanis, who caused a great causality of the enemy at the beginning of the war. On June 17, 1941 Azerbaijani pilot Huseynbala Aliyev in an unequal air battle for Leningrad shot down 6 enemy aircraft and being mortally wounded, landed his plane. In December of 1941, in the battle for Moscow Israfil Mammadov, with a small group of soldiers, stopped the attack of the enemy battalion and personally destroyed dozens of fascists. For his bravery, he was the first among Azerbaijanis awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

A great courage Hazi Aslanov, Museyib Allahverdiyev and Idris Veliyev demonstrated in the battle for Moscow. The commander of the 55th tank regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Hazi Aslanov, once again, demonstrated its leadership talent in the famous Battle of Stalingrad, which took place from November 1942 to February 1943. His tank regiment defeated 49 enemy tanks and destroyed 14 mortar batteries, 3 infantry companies and captured 144 German soldiers. On December 31, 1942, Hazi Aslanov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. June 1944 the 35th guards Tank Brigade Major-General Hazi Aslanov by crossing Berezina River had released the city of Pleshenitsi. He pulled out the enemy through from 508 settlements. He was awarded the second time Hero of the Soviet Union title. But this award was given him after 47 years of his death, in 1991 was implemented.