Samand Aliyevich Siabandov | |
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![]() Siabandov in the 1940s | |
Born | Asandzhan, Kars Oblast, Russian Empire (now in Kars Province, Turkey) | 20 November 1909
Died | 14 November 1989 Yerevan, Armenian SSR Soviet Union | (aged 79)
Allegiance |
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Service/ | Red Army |
Years of service | 1941–1945 |
Rank | Lieutenant-colonel ( podpolkovnik) |
Unit | 755th Rifle Regiment |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Other work | Deputy of the
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Armenian SSR |
Samand Aliyevich Siabandov ( Russian: Саманд Алиевич Сиабандов, Kurdish: Semendê Elî Siyabendov; 20 November 1909 – 14 November 1989) was a Soviet writer, military officer and politician of Yezidi-Kurdish origin [1] [2] [3] [4] who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union during the Soviet war against Nazi Germany.
Siabandov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1931 [1] and in 1938 was elected deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. [5] Later he was a Minister of Agriculture for the Armenian SSR. After World War II he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. [6]
He was the author of two published poems in the Kurdish language and an Armenian-Kurdish dictionary. [4]