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Aytakin Mammadov

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Aytakin Mammadov
Born(1967-05-29)29 May 1967
Gadabay District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Died18 December 1991(1991-12-18) (aged 24)
Goygol District, Azerbaijan
Years of service1992–1993
Battles / warsFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War
AwardsNational Hero of Azerbaijan
1992

Aytakin Israel oglu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Aytəkin Məmmədov) (29 May 1967, Gadabay, Azerbaijan SSR – December 1991, Goygol, Azerbaijan Republic) — was the military serviceman of Azerbaijan Armed Forces, warrior during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and National Hero of Azerbaijan.[1]

Early life and education

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Mammadov was born on 29 May 1967 in Gadabay, Azerbaijan SSR. In 1984, he completed his secondary education. He had served in the Soviet Army during 1985–1987.

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

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Mammadov had entered Ministry of Internal Affairs (Azerbaijan) Special Forces in 1991 and was sent to Goygol against Armenian troops.[2]

In December 1991, he was killed in one of the battles around Goygol District.

Honors

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Aytakin Israel oglu Mammadov was posthumously awarded the title of the "National Hero of Azerbaijan" by Presidential Decree No. 264 dated 8 October 1992.

He was buried at the Gokeli village cemetery.

A school in Gokeli village of the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan was named after him. In 2013, he also shot a documentary feature film "Heroes of the Unconquerable of Castle", which tells the life and war of three other National Heroes of Gadabay - Isgender Aznaurov, Ilham Aliyev and Mazahir Rustamov.[3]

See also

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References

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Sources

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  • Vugar Asgarov. Azərbaycanın Milli Qəhrəmanları (Yenidən işlənmiş II nəşr). Bakı: "Dərələyəz-M", 2010, səh. 269.