Alif Piriyev

Alif Turihan oglu Piriyev (Azerbaijani: Əlif Turxan oğlu Piriyev; 10 January 1922 – 20 April 1986) was an Azerbaijani Soviet Army senior lieutenant and Hero of the Soviet Union. Piriyev was awarded the title for his actions during the Crimean Offensive in the assault on Mount Sapun. In the battle, he was reported to have killed fifteen German soldiers. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 24 March 1945. Piriyev continued to serve in the army postwar, and retired in 1953 as a senior lieutenant. He lived in Baku, working in the Ministry of Road Transport.

Early life Piriyev was born on 10 January 1922 in the village of Qoltuk in what is now Neftchala District in the family of a worker. He graduated from the eighth grade and afterwards worded as an assistant oil production operator in the Neftchala oil fields.

Postwar Piriyev continued to serve in the Soviet Army postwar. In 1945 he graduated from courses for junior lieutenants. He retired from the army in 1953 with the rank of senior lieutenant. Piriyev lived in Baku and worked in the Ministry of Road Transport. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class on 6 April 1985 on the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II. Piriyev died on 20 April 1986.