Mirasgar Mirabdulla oglu Seyidov ( az, Mirəsgər Mirabdulla oğlu Seyidov) (6 February 1970 – 14 June 1992) -

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was born on February 6, 1970, in the Qaraxanbəyli village of the Nakhchivan city of

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Life

Mirasgar Seyidov worked in his own village after finishing secondary school in 1987. He returned to Nakhchivan after being dismissed from the

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in 1990.

In Battles

The

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...

did not pass by Nakhchivan either. Armenian forces started attacking villages of Nakhchivan constantly. But all the attacks were prevented by the voluntary self-defense groups and Mirasgar Seyidov was one of them who voluntarily enlisted in the self-defense battalion of Yuxarı Buzqov village. He was fighting within this battalion. He showed extreme courage in all the battles. His last battle took place on the 14th of June, 1992. He was severely wounded and died while saving one of the wounded soldiers.VETEN UGRUNDA
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Family

He was single.

Awards

He was posthumously awarded the title of

by decree 367 of the president of

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on the 18th of December, 1992. School #15 in Nakhchivan city where he once studied was renamed after him. He is buried in the Alley of Martyrs in Nakhchivan city.

References

External links

İTV kanalı. Milli QəhrəmanMirasgar M. Seyidov
*Vüqar Əsgərov, "Azərbaycanın Milli Qəhrəmanları" (Yenidən işlənmiş II nəşr). Bakı: "Dərələyəz-M", 2010, səh. 258. {{DEFAULTSORT:Seyidov, Mirasgar 1970 births 1992 deaths People from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Azerbaijani military personnel Azerbaijani military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh War Azerbaijani military personnel killed in action National Heroes of Azerbaijan