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Seytnafe Seytveliyev | |
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| Born | 29 May 1919 Tav-Kipchak village, Simferopolsky Uyezd, Taurida Governorate, RSFSR |
| Died | 13 March 1983 (aged 63) Leninabad, Tajik SSR, USSR |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service/ | Red Army |
| Years of service | 1939–1946 |
| Rank | Sergeant-major |
| Unit | 350th Rifle Regiment |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Seytnafe Seytveliyev (Crimean Tatar: Seyitnafe Seyitveliyev, Russian: Сейтнафе Сейтвелиев; 29 May 1919 – 13 March 1983) was a gunner in the Red Army during the Second World War and Hero of the Soviet Union. Despite taking out numerous enemy tanks and being a decorated veteran of the war, he was deported to Central Asia in 1946 because of his Crimean Tatar ethnicity.[1]
- ^ Shkadov, Ivan, ed. (1988). Герои Советского Союза: краткий биографический словарь II, Любовь - Яшчук [Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. ISBN 5203005362. OCLC 312615596.