Magomet Gadzhiyev

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Magomet Gadzhiyev
File:Magomet Imadutinovich Gadzhiev.jpg
Born (1907-10-20)October 20, 1907
Megeb, Dagestan,
Russian Empire
(now in the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation)
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Barents Sea
Allegiance  Soviet Union
Service/branch Soviet Navy
Years of service 1925-1942
Rank Captain 2nd Rank
Commands held Soviet Navy
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin (2)

Magomet Imadutinovich Gadzhiyev (Russian: Магомет Имадутдинович Гаджиев; 20 December 1907 - 13 June 1942) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and Hero of the Soviet Union. He fought and died during World War II.

Biography

Gadzhiev was an ethnic Avar, born into a peasant family in the Megeb area of Dagestan. He joined the navy in 1925 and graduated from the Frunze Higher Naval School in 1932. He was appointed to the submarine division of the Black Sea Fleet and was second in command of the AG class submarine A2. He subsequently commanded the submarines M-9 and SCH-117.

In 1939 he studied at the Voroshilov Naval Academy and was assigned to the Northern Fleet on graduation. He became commander of the Northern fleet's submarine brigade in 1940. His command sank 10 German transports in 1942. On 13 June 1942 his boat, the K class K23, was sunk by German forces commanded by Wolfgang Kaden with all hands lost.

Awards and honours

The town of Gadzhiyevo near Murmansk was named after him. A Don class submarine depot ship was named Magomet Gadzhiyev in the 1960s. Several streets in Murmansk, Makhachkala, Oskemen and Polyarny[disambiguation needed] and several schools were named in his honour.

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