Bahatdin Mirzayev

Bahatdin Shahveled oglu Mirzayev (Azerbaijani: Bahəddin Şahvələd oğlu Mirzəyev; 31 December 1914 – 15 April 1987) was an Azerbaijani Red Army captain and a Hero of the Soviet Union. During World War II, Mirzayev served as a battery commander in the 416th Rifle Division. During the Vistula–Oder Offensive, Mirzayev corrected the battery's fire and was wounded, reportedly enabling it to destroy multiple German firing points. On the next day his battery knocked out German artillery pieces which had been slowing the infantry's advance. Two days after the start of the offensive, his battery destroyed two German tanks and an armored personnel carrier, enabling the capture of the village. For his actions Mirzayev received the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 24 March 1945. He was seriously wounded in the Battle of Berlin and was discharged upon recovery. Postwar, Mirzayev worked as head of the militarized guard department at the Azerbaijan SSR Ministry of Communications.

Early life Mirzayev was born on 31 December 1914 in Sulut to a peasant family. He graduated from the eighth grade and a factory training school in Baku. He was drafted into the Red Army in 1936 and graduated from a course at the mountain artillery school in 1938. He was discharged from the Red Army in 1938.

World War II Mirzayev was redrafted into the Red Army in 1941. In 1942, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He fought in combat with the 1054th Artillery Regiment of the 416th Rifle Division from November 1942. He was a platoon commander and later became a battery commander. Mirzayev died on 15 April 1987.