Garay Asadov

Garay Latif oglu Asadov (; 192312 October 1944) was an Azerbaijani Red Army sergeant and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Asadov was posthumously awarded the title on 24 March 1945 for his actions during the Debrecen Offensive Operation. He was reported to have killed 16 German soldiers and was killed while covering a bunker opening with his body.

Early life Asadov was born in 1923 in Shakhsevan in a family of Azerbaijani ethnicity. He received primary education. Asadov worked on the kolkhoz after graduating. On 12 October, during the battle for Marghita, a group of soldiers led by Asadov fought a 40-man German force. The Soviet troops attacked, reportedly killing 16 and capturing others. Later that day, in fighting for the railway station, Asadov reportedly covered the opening of a bunker with his body. On 24 March 1945, he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin.

Legacy A sovkhoz and secondary school in Shakhsevan were named for Asadov, along with a street in Beylagan.