Bahatdin Mirzayev

Bahatdin Shahveled oglu Mirzayev 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.