Asif Maharammov ( az, Asif Yusif oğlu Məhərrəmov, russian: Асиф Юсиф оглы Магеррамов June 26, 1952,

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- July 1, 1994,

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), commonly known as Fred Asif, was an Azerbaijani

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and

National Hero of Azerbaijan The National Hero of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycan milli qəhrəmanı) is the highest Hero (title), national title in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The title was named on 25 March 1992, and the "Qizil Ulduz" Medal awarded as a sign of receiving this t ...

Early years

Born to an Azerbaijani

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family in

, it has been claimed he was called ''Fred'' since childhood, because he liked the British rock band called

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; which is clearly a lie because they formed when he was in his 30s.“Ağdam müharibəsiz alınsa, o torpağa ayaq basmayacam”
After graduating from local school number 1 in

, poverty forced him to work as driver in electric manufacturing factory, by destroying his dream to be a

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Military service

After the events of

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, Maharramov created of voluntary self-defense groups, who with his personal participation rose to defend the

i territories. He was appointed commander of the

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detectors military unit 859 on 7 March 1992 and freed the villages of

Aranzəmin Varazabun ( hy, Վարազաբուն) or Aranzamin ( hy, Արանզամին; az, Aranzəmin) is a village ''de facto'' in the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disput ...

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and Dəhrəz from Armenian occupation.Official Biography on zangilan.con
/ref> On 24 June 1992, he was badly injured during fight in the village of Naxçıvanlı but returned to front line after recovering from his injuries. However, he forced to quit fighting after his health condition worsened on 27 October 1993.

Death

Maharammov died in

after failing to recover from

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.26 июня – День Вооруженных сил Азербайджана
He was posthumously awarded the title of the National Hero of Azerbaijan and was buried in the

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. His battalion, a street in Baku and a charity foundation are all named after him.

References

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Early years

Military service

Death

See also

References