Salahaddin Kazimov

Salahaddin Kazimov
Native name	Salahəddin Həsən oğlu Kazımov
Born	(1920-12-22)December 22, 1920 Zaqatala, Azerbaijan SSR
Died	July 2, 1978(1978-07-02) (aged 57) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Buried	Alley of Honor
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Red Army (1941–1945) Internal Troops (1945–1978)
Years of service	1941–1978
Rank	Major general (Internal Troops)
Unit	8th Rifle Division
Battles / wars	World War II Battle of Kursk Battle of the Dnieper Prague Offensive
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of the Red Star (2)
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office 1970 – 2 July 1978
Minister	Arif Heydarov

Salahaddin Hasan oglu Kazimov (Azerbaijani: Salahəddin Həsən oğlu Kazımov; 22 December 1920 – 2 July 1978) was a Soviet Internal Troops Major general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Kazimov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 16 October 1943 for his leadership of an artillery battalion during the Battle of the Dnieper. In a twelve-day period during the battle, his battalion's guns were reported to have killed up to 180 German soldiers and destroyed eleven tanks. Postwar, Kazimov served in the Internal Troops and became Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijan SSR. Kazimov and Minister of Internal Affairs Arif Heydarov were shot by an officer of the Shusha prison.^[1] He was wounded in an armed attack on the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijan SSR and died on July 2, 1978.^[2]