Zaur Rzayev

Zaur Rzayev
Zaur Rzayev
Native name	Zadir Rza oğlu Rzayev
Birth name	Zadir Rza oglu Rzayev
Born	October 10, 1937 (age 87); Şürük, Lankaran, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union
Died	January 29, 2010 (aged 72); Baku, Azerbaijan
Allegiance	Red Army (1962–1991); Azerbaijani Armed Forces (1991–1993); ;
Service / branch	Soviet Army; Azerbaijani Land Forces; ;
Years of service	1962–1993
Rank	Major general
Commands	701st Motorized Rifle Brigade
Battles / wars	First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Alma mater	Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School; M. V. Frunze Military Academy; ;

Zadir Rza oglu Rzayev (Azerbaijani: Zadir Rza oğlu Rzayev), known as Zaur Rzayev (10 October 1937 – 29 January 2010), was an Azerbaijani military officer, Major General of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. He had served as the commander of the first Azerbaijani military unit created on the basis of Military Unit 18110 of the former Soviet Army, deputy commander of the 2nd Army Corps, front commander and the first deputy minister of defence during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.