Hikmet Nazarli

Hikmet Baba oglu Nazarli (Azerbaijani: Hikmət Nəzərli) (7 March 1966, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR - 26 February 1992, Khojaly, Azerbaijan) was a National Hero of Azerbaijan and warrior during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[1]

Hikmet Nazarli
Native name
Hikmət Nəzərli
Born(1966-03-07)March 7, 1966
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
DiedFebruary 26, 1992(1992-02-26) (aged 25)
Khojaly, Azerbaijan
Allegiance Azerbaijan
Service/branch Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Years of service1992
Battles/warsFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War
AwardsNational Hero of Azerbaijan
1992

Early life and education

Nazarli was born on 7 March 1966 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR. In 1973, he went to the Secondary School No. 27 in Xətai raion, and then moved to Tashkent because of his father's job. In 1982 he returned to Baku again. He was drafted to the Soviet Armed Forces in 1984. Nazarli did his military service in Georgia and was discharged from the army in 1986. He started to work at the Fire Protection Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.[2]

Personal life

Nazarli was married and had one child.[2]

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

When the First Nagorno-Karabakh War started, Nazarli voluntarily joined the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and went to the front-line. He participated in battles around the villages of Agdam District.[2]

On February 25, 1992, when the Armenians committed crimes in Khojaly,[3] Nazarli helped town inhabitants to evacuate from the city. After that battle, Nazarli and his friends moved towards the forests and since that time there is no information about any of them.[2]

Honors

Hikmet Baba oglu Nazarli was posthumously awarded the title of "National Hero of Azerbaijan" by Presidential Decree No. 178 dated 9 September 1992.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Heroes". Azerbaijans.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  2. "Nəzərli Hikmət Baba oğlu". veten-ugrunda.az. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  3. de Waal, Thomas (2004). Black garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war. ABC-CLIO. pp. 172–173. ISBN 0-8147-1945-7. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016.

Sources
  • Vugar Asgarov. Azərbaycanın Milli Qəhrəmanları (Yenidən işlənmiş II nəşr). Bakı: "Dərələyəz-M", 2010, səh. 230.
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