Rem Abzalov

Rem Abzalovich Abzalov (, ; — 7 February 1983) was a Red Army officer who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1945.

Early life Abzalov was born on to a working-class Volga Tatar family in Tashkent. He got his primary education at a madrasah before moving to Kazan where he worked at a factory. He later attended a rabfak and a trade union school before being drafted into the Red Army in 1939. He participated in the Winter War and worked as chairman of the factory committee at the Kazan Aviation Plant and entered the worker's faculty of Kazan State University. In 1941 he became a member of the Communist Party.

Later life He remained in the army after the war, and after completing the Vystrel course in 1946 he commanded a regiment in the Turkestan Military District. He ended his service with the rank of major as the military commissioner for the city of Tashkent. He lived in Tashkent for the rest of his life and died on 7 February 1983.

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