Kanan_Seyidov

Kanan Seyidov

Kanan Seyidov

Azerbaijani military officer


Kanan Alihuseyn oghlu Seyidov (Azerbaijani: Kənan Əlihüseyn oğlu Seyidov) is an Azerbaijani military officer. He is a major general of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and deputy commander of the Special Forces. As an officer of the Azerbaijani special forces, he participated in the 2016 Nagorno–Karabakh clashes and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and was one of the Azerbaijani commanders during the 2020 battle of Shusha. He had received the title of the Hero of the Patriotic War.

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Early years

Kanan Alihuseyn oglu Seyidov was born in Bahramtapa, Imishli District of the then Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union.[1]

Military service

Seyidov currently serves as deputy commander of the Special Forces of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, and is a major general. He took part in the 2016 Nagorno–Karabakh clashes.[2] Seyidov also participated in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, commanding the Azerbaijani troops during the Aras Valley campaign, Battle of Hadrut, and Battle of Shusha.[3][4]

Awards


References

  1. ""Vətən Müharibəsi Qəhrəmanı" adı verilən generallar kimlərdir?". Qaynarinfo (in Azerbaijani). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. Guliyeva, S. (15 March 2017). Abdullayeva, A.; Tahirov, K. M.; Jafarova, Mehriban (eds.). "Hərbi vətənpərvərlik tərbiyəsinin təbliğində aprel döyüşlərinin rolu" [The role of the April clashes in the promotion of military patriotism] (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Baku: M.F.Aхundоv adına Azərbaycan Milli Kitabхanasının mətbəəsində оfsеt üsulu ilə çap оlunmuşdur. p. 19.
  3. "Bu hərbçilərə Vətən Müharibəsi Qəhrəmanı adı verildi". Axar.az (in Azerbaijani). 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. Safarov, Emin (9 December 2020). ""Vətən Müharibəsi Qəhrəmanı" adı verilən generallar kimlərdir?". Qafqazinfo.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  5. "Президент Ильхам Алиев присвоил Кянану Сеидову звание генерал-майора". BAKU.WS - Новости Азербайджана, Баку (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-13.

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