Abdulla Dagci

Abdulla Daĝcı (1900 – 26 June 1943) was a Crimean Tatar Soviet partisan commander based around the city of Simferopol during World War II. Responsible for organising both the Simferopol resistance and resistance among ethnic Crimean Tatars, Daĝcı was captured and executed by the Germans in July 1943. Following his death, he was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union twice (in 1943 and 1966), with neither nomination being accepted by the Soviet government.

Early life and career Abdulla Daĝcı was born in 1900, in the village of Körbekül (now ), in what was then part of the Russian Empire. In 1924, he completed training to become a cadre of the All-Union Communist Party, and became head of the Massandra Winery combine. In 1932, he was appointed as head of the Balaklava District party committee. He later became head of the Yalta Raion party committee.

World War II Following the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, Daĝcı was involved in the evacuation of civilians from Crimea, additionally playing a role in the construction of a stay-behind network to serve as a basis for underground activity following German occupation. Shortly prior to the capture of Simferopol by German forces, Daĝcı fled with his family to the village of . From Stilâ, Daĝcı and his family fled to Sevastopol, where they joined with remaining Red Army forces on the retreat. Shortly thereafter, however, the Red Army was encircled around Yalta and Daĝcı's family was forced to flee to the Crimean Mountains, where they met with the Soviet partisans operating in Crimea. Daĝcı and his sister joined the partisans, and were tasked with capturing the German mayor of the village of , a mission they successfully completed. and collected 20,000 rubles, which were sent to the Soviet Union proper and used to build an aeroplane. According to other sources, however, the organisation was destroyed from within by two pro-German infiltrators, Zoya Martynova and Tatyana Andreyeva.

In 1998, repatriated Crimean Tatars living in the village named a street after Daĝcı.

In 2017, the Council of Elders of the Crimean Tatars of Alushta sent a petition to Sergey Aksyonov, head of the Republic of Crimea, requesting that a memorial to Daĝcı and his family be installed in his native village of Izobilne.