Samand Aliyevich Siabandov | |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1909 |
Birth Place: | Asandzhan, Kars Oblast, Russian Empire (now in Kars Province, Turkey) |
Death Place: | Yerevan, Armenian SSR Soviet Union |
Allegiance: | Soviet Union |
Branch: | Red Army |
Serviceyears: | 1941–1945 |
Rank: | Lieutenant-colonel (podpolkovnik) |
Unit: | 755th Rifle Regiment |
Battles: | World War II |
Awards: | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Laterwork: | 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 writer, military officer and politician of Yezidi-Kurdish origin[1] [2] [3] who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union during the Soviet war against Nazi Germany.
Siabandov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1931 and in 1938 was elected deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.[4] Later he was a Minister of Agriculture for the Armenian SSR. After World War II he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.[5]
He was the author of two published poems in the Kurdish language and an Armenian-Kurdish dictionary.