Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov

Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov
Photo of Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov with his French medals (including Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre, Medal for the War Wounded, Combatant's Cross and Croix des services militaires volontaires [fr])
Native name
Əhmədiyyə Cəbrayılov
Birth nameAkhmediya Mikhailovich Dzhabrailov
Other name(s)Ahmed Michel,[1] Akmed Michel, Kharko[2] (Karko)[3]
Born(1920-09-22)22 September 1920
Oxud, Shaki Rayon, Azerbaijan SSR
Died11 October 1994(1994-10-11) (aged 74)
Shaki, Azerbaijan
Allegiance Soviet Union
 France
Service / branchPartisans
Years of service1941–1945
RankLieutenant
CommandsReconnaissance and sabotage group (debatable)
AwardsMédaille militaire, Croix de Guerre, Combatant's Cross, Insignia for the Military Wounded, Croix des services militaires volontaires [fr] (fact of decoration is debatable)

Ahmadiyya Mikayil oghlu Jabrayilov (Azerbaijani: Əhmədiyyə Mikayıl oğlu Cəbrayılov, Russian: Ахмедия Микаил оглы Джебраилов; French: Akmed Michel; 22 September 1920 – 11 October 1994) was a purported French Resistance member of Azerbaijani ethnicity.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Renouvin, Bertrand (24 August 2009). "Hommage à Ahmed Michel" (in French). Bertrand Renouvin. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ladepeche was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Devoir de mémoire, demain, à Cabertat // ladepeche.fr. 19/06/2016.
  4. ^ Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia. V. 10. P. 407.
  5. ^ Семиряга М. И. Советские люди в европейском сопротивлении / Под ред. Н. Г. Цырульникова. — М.: Наука, 1970. P. 183-184
  6. ^ Мадатов Г. А. Азербайджан в Великой Отечественной войне. — Б.: Элм, 1975. P. 349-350.