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Geray AsadovRifleman of the 281st Guards Rifle Regiment, Sergeant, Hero of the Soviet Union
Date of Birth: 01.01.1923
Country:  Dive |
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Early Life
Geray Asadov was born in 1923 in the village of Shakhsevan (now Beylagan district, Azerbaijan). Of Azerbaijani descent, he received basic education and subsequently worked in a collective farm.
Military Service
In 1942, Asadov was drafted into the Red Army and joined the 281st Guards Rifle Regiment in June of that year. He fought on the Kursk Bulge and in Moldova.
Combat Actions
On October 6, 1944, during a battle for the village of Vlaha (10 km southwest of Cluj, Romania), Asadov infiltrated enemy lines and eliminated over ten Germans with grenades. In the battle for the city of Huandin, he destroyed an enemy mortar crew and used their mortar to kill more than twenty German soldiers and officers.
Heroic Sacrifice
On October 12, during the battle for the Marghita station in Northern Transylvania, Asadov used grenades to destroy an enemy machine gun nest that was impeding the advance. However, when he attempted an attack, the machine gun resumed firing. With no grenades left, Asadov covered the firing point with his own body, exclaiming, "Forward, for the Motherland!"
Recognition
For his bravery and sacrifice, Geray Asadov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on March 24, 1945.
Awards
Order of the Red BannerOrder of Lenin
Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously)
