What is Mehdi Huseynzade?
{{Infobox military person |name=Mehdi Hanifa oglu Huseynzade |birth_date={{Birth date|1918|12|22}} |death_date={{death date and age|1944|11|16|1918|12|22}} |image= Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2013-1130.jpg |caption= Stamp of [[Azerbaijan]], [[2013]] |birth_place= [[Novkhani]], [[Baku Governorate]], [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic]] |death_place=[[Vitovlje]], [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Kingdom of Italy]] (now [[Slovenia]]) |placeofburial=[[Čepovan]], [[Nova Gorica]], [[Slovenia]] |placeofburial_label= |nickname= ''Михайло'' (Mikhailo) |allegiance={{flag|USSR}}<br/>{{flag|YUG}} |branch=[[Partisan (military)|Partisans]] |serviceyears=1941–1944 |rank=[[Liutenant]] |unit=9th Corps of [[Yugoslav Partisans]] |commands=Reconnaissance and sabotage group |battles=[[Battle of Stalingrad]]<br/>[[Yugoslav Front]] |awards=Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin |relations= |laterwork= }} '''Mehdi Hanifa oglu Huseynzade''' (December 22, 1918, [[Novxanı]], [[Azerbaijan]] – November 2, 1944, [[Vitovlje]], [[Slovenia]]) was an [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]] [[guerrilla]] and scout during [[World War II]]. After he died he was given the title of [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] on April 11, 1957. [[File:Mehdi Hüseynzadənin Bakıda xatirə lövhəsi.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Plaque on building where Mehdi Huseynzade lived in Baku]] Huseynzade attended the [[Azerbaijan University of Languages]].<ref name=hero>[http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=554 Гусейн-заде Мехти Ганифа оглы - Герой Советского Союза] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> His life and heroism during [[World War II]] was described in Imran Gasimov's book ''On Distant Shores''. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Huseynzade, Mehdi}} [[Category:Azerbaijani military people]] [[Category:Azerbaijani communists]] [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:1944 deaths]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin]]