Bakir Mustafayev

Bakir Dursun oglu Mustafayev (Azerbaijani: Bəkir Dursun oğlu Mustafayev, Kurdish: Bekir Mûstefayêv; 11 February 1898 – 10 December 1978) was a Kurdish[1]-Azerbaijani soldier who served in the Red Army during World War II.

Holding the rank of Red Army man he was decorated as a Hero of the Soviet Union.

[2] Mustafayev was born on 11 February 1898 in the village of Glazar in what is now Akhaltsikhe Municipality to a peasant family.

On 3 November, during the battle for Height 102 northeast of Kerch, heavy fire stopped the advance.

Mustafayev crawled to a bunker on a height and threw grenades, reportedly killing five German soldiers.

During the fighting on the Kerch Peninsula, Mustafayev reportedly killed 40 German soldiers.