Habibullah Huseynov

**Habibullah Huseynov**
Habibullah Huseynov
	File:Habibulla Eynulla oglu Huseynov.jpg Habibullah Huseynov - Hero of the Soviet Union
Personal details
Born	1910; Ardabil, Iran
Died	April 6, 1945 (aged 34); Kaliningrad Oblast, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet Union
Alma mater	Military School of Tbilisi
Profession	Military
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch/service	Soviet Army
Years of service	1928 – 1945
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Military intelligence
Battles/wars	Great patriotic war

Habibullah Huseynov (Azerbaijani: Həbibulla Eynulla oğlu Hüseynov; Russian: Габибулла Ейнуллаевич Гусейнов; born 1910 - died 1945) was a Colonel of the Red Army, the Great Patriotic War, and awarded Hero of the Soviet Union in 1945.

Life

He was born on 9th of October in 1910, in the Ardabil, Iran. He graduated from Tbilisi Military School.

Huseynov fought in World War II from June 1941. In 1943 he was appointed a division commander. He fought in the Baltic Offensive and the East Prussian Offensive as part of the 1st Baltic Front. He was killed in the Battle of Königsberg on 6 April 1945.

June 29, 1945, He was posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In 1995, a memorial was built in his honor in I. Dadashov street of the Binagadi district.^[1]

Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь / Пред. ред. коллегии И. Н. Шкадов. — М.: Воениздат, 1987. — Т. 1 /Абаев — Любичев/. — 911 с. — 100 000 экз. — ISBN отс., Рег. № в РКП 87-95382
Золотые Звёзды Азербайджана. Баку, 1975.

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