Yevgeny Karlov

Yevgeny Nikolayevich Karlov (Azerbaijani: Yevgeni Karlov) (31 May 1960, Tula Oblast – 11 April 1992, Füzuli, Azerbaijan) was the National Hero of Azerbaijan, and warrior during the Nagorno Karabakh War in the early 1990s.

Karlov was born on 31 May 1960 in Dubovka village of Bogoroditsky District of Tula Oblast. He completed his secondary education at Dubovka village secondary school. In 1977, Karlov was drafted to the military service by the Military Commissariat of Uzlovaya. In 1976, he entered the Syzran Higher Military Aviation School. After the graduation in 1984, he started working as an instructor-pilot. After the establishment of Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Karlov decided to serve here. He first worked as an instructor pilot in Sanqaçal, then in the N military unit in Baku.

Personal life

Karlov was married and had two children.

When the Nagorno-Karabakh War started, Karlov participated in battles around Aghdam, Aghdara and Fuzuli. On April 11, 1992, he was killed in a battle when Armenian soldiers attacked the territories of Fuzuli District.

Yevgeny Nikolayevich Karlov was posthumously awarded the title of the "National Hero of Azerbaijan" by Presidential Decree No. 833 dated 7 June 1992.

He was buried at a cemetery in Dubovka village of Bogoroditsky District of Tula Oblast.

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