Russian president Medvedev awards WWII veteran who was thought to be dead for half a century
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has invited a distinguished Azerbaijani World War II veteran to Moscow to attend an event dedicated to the 64th anniversary of the victory over fascism.
Aghadadash Samadov is the only person to have received a personal invitation from the Russian president. He is due to visit Moscow May 7 together with his son.
During a visit to Azerbaijan this year, President Medvedev personally awarded Samadov with the first and second degree Order of Honor. Samadov had been conferred with these orders during the war but was unable to receive them as he was believed to be dead.
Besides the award from the Russian head of state, the veteran has also been awarded with the first-degree order as well as over 10 medals and tokens of the patriotic war.
He was involved in the offensive on Vislo-Odersk and Berlin. In 1945, he returned to his home and worked as an agriculturist until his retirement in 1980.
Read full story from www.azernews.azadmin @ May 13, 2009