Samad Hamid oglu Abdullayev

Samad Hamid oglu Abdullayev, 1920-1943, an Azerbaijani starshina of the Red Army. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was conferred on him posthumously on 17 November 1943 for his conduct in the Kerch-Eltigen operation, where on 1 November he is recorded as having saved his commander life. He was killed in action four days later, on 5 November 1943, twelve days before the award.