Years of service 1941 - 1945 Died 1989, Yerevan, Armenia Battles/wars World War II Battles and wars World War II | Name Samand Siabandov Service/branch Red Army Role Writer Allegiance Soviet Union | |
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Born 20 November 1909
Asandzhan, Kars Oblast
Russian Empire
(now in Kars Province, Turkey) ( 1909-11-20 ) Awards Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner (2x)
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (2x)
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Badge of Honour (2x)
Medal For Courage
and other decorations 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 Rank Lieutenant colonel (Podpolkovnik) Unit 48th Army, 1st Belorussian Front | ||
Samand Aliyevich Siabandov (Russian: Саманд Алиевич Сиабандов, Kurdish: Semendê Elî Siyabendov; 20 November 1909 - 14 November 1989) was a Soviet Red Army writer, officer and politician of the ethno-religious group of the Yazidis origin who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union during the Soviet war against Nazi Germany.
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Elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1946, Siabandov served two non-consecutive terms in the Supreme Soviet as a deputy from the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and was a Deputy Minister of Agriculture for the Armenian SSR. He was later elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR.
He was the author of two published poems in the Kurdish language and an Armenian-Kurdish dictionary.