Samand Siabandov
Samand Aliyevich Siabandov | |
|---|---|
 Siabandov in the 1940s | |
| Born | 20 November 1909 |
| Died | 14 November 1989 (aged 79) |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Service years | 1941–1945 |
Rank | Lieutenant-colonel (podpolkovnik) |
| Unit | 755th Rifle Regiment |
Conflicts | 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 who was a Yazidi Kurd.[1][2][3][4] He 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]
In a postwar account written by G. Kolmanov approximately two decades after the Second World War, Siabandov was described as a highly decorated lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Army living in Yerevan. Kolmanov noted that Siabandov was widely recognized among local residents, who greeted him in public, and that he wore multiple high Soviet military decorations, including the Hero of the Soviet Union award. In the same account, Siabandov told Kolmanov that he had been “one of the first Kurd boys parents had consented to their attending school.”[7]
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union (24 March 1945)
- Order of Lenin (24 March 1945)
- Two Order of the Red Banner (1 August 1943 and 27 July 1944)
- Three Order of the Patriotic War (1st class - 19 February 1945 and 6 April 1985; 2nd class - 30 November 43)
- Order of the Red Star (9 July 1942)
- Two Order of the Badge of Honour
- Medal For Courage (22 January 1942)
Published works
- Siyabend û Xecê (Siyabend and Xecê) in Kurdish - (1959)
- Jiyana Bextewar (The happy life) in Kurdish - (1966)
- Ferhenga Ermenî-Kurdî (Armenian-Kurdish dictionary) - (1959)[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Memo Agatî, Memo; Rzgyoan, Rustam (2015-05-09). "Êzîden im Zweiten Weltkrieg - Helden des Großen Vaterländischen Krieges". ÊzîdîPress (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ Fortin, Jacey (2019). "Trump Says the Kurds 'Didn't Help' at Normandy. Here's the History". The New York Times. p. 2001. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Kolmanov, G. (26 January 1946). "Samand Siabandov—Kurd Hero of the Soviet Union". Moscow News. No. 8. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "Люди, награжденные высшими наградами за совершенные подвиги и выдающиеся заслуги перед народом и государством, чьи имена навечно запечатлены в истории Победы". pobeda.poklonnayagora.ru. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ Kolmanov, G. (February 14, 1946). "A Kurd Hero of the Soviet Union". USSR Information Bulletin. 6 (17). The Embassy of the USSR: 141.
- ^ Baczkowski, Wlodimierz (30 September 1956). "Russia's Borderland Expansion Program". Soviet Total War. 2: 716.
- ^ USSR Information Bulletin. The Embassy. 1946. p. 141.
- 1909 births
- 1989 deaths
- People from Kars oblast
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Kurdish-language writers
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Medal "For Courage" (Russia)
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- Soviet writers
- Kurds in Armenia
- Armenian Yazidis
- Second convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Fourth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union