Samand Siabandov

Samand Aliyevich Siabandov
Born (1909-11-20)20 November 1909
Asandzhan, Kars Oblast
Russian Empire
(now in Kars Province, Turkey)
Died 14 November 1989(1989-11-14) (aged 79)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR
Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union Soviet Union
Service/branch Red Army
Years of service 1941 - 1945
Rank Lieutenant-colonel (podpolkovnik)
Unit 755th Rifle Regiment,
217th Unecha Rifle Division, 48th Army, 1st Belorussian Front
Battles/wars World War II
Awards
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

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[1][2] origin who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union during the Soviet war against Nazi Germany.

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.

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