Anatoly Nikolayevich Davidovich ( az, Anatо́li Nikolа́yeviç Davidо́viç, be, Анато́ль Мікала́евіч Давідо́віч; 28 March 1965, Kapyl, Minsk,

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– 13 June 1992,

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, Azerbaijan) was a National Hero of Azerbaijan and warrior during the

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Early life and education

Anatoly Davidovich was born on 28 March 1965 in Skabin village of Kapyl raion in Minsk,

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. Then he moved to Slutsk with his family and graduated from the Secondary School No. 10. in there. In 1989, he graduated from Sumy Higher Military Artillery School in Ukraine and served in the Transcaucasian military unit and the USSR's Western troops in Germany. Until June 1991, he served in the armed forces of USSR and then in the army of CIS. After rising to the rank of Major, he connected his life with Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Davidovich was the head of an artillery unit. He made great contributions to the formation of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. In 1992, he was heavily wounded in a fierce battle around Agdam District. Due to his loss of blood, he was sent to the Baku Central Hospital and died on June 13, 1992. He was buried in Slutsk, Belarus. Davidovich was married.

Legacy and honors

Davidovich was posthumously awarded the title of the " National Hero of Azerbaijan" under Presidential Decree No. 273 dated 3 July 1992. A street in the city of

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is named after Davidovich, and on 10 April 2015, a memorial plaque was installed in his honor. He is often a reference point for military cooperation in Azerbaijan-Belarus relations. Members of the military apparatus of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Minsk have visited his mother, Kima Davidovich at her home on numerous occasions. On 2 July 2019, on the instruction of the President

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, a delegation led by the

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Colonel General Zakir Hasanov visited Kima while she was being treated in a clinical hospital in Minsk, on the eve of his attendance at the celebrations in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Minsk Offensive.

Early life and education

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Legacy and honors

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