Samand Siabandov
Samand Aliyevich Siabandov was a Soviet writer, military officer and politician of Kurdish origin 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. 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.
He was the author of two published poems in the Kurdish language and an Armenian-Kurdish dictionary.
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Order of Lenin
- Two Order of the Red Banner
- Three Order of the Patriotic War
- Order of the Red Star
- Two Order of the Badge of Honour
- Medal For Courage