“The paragon of leadership of subordinate troops”: strokes to the portrait of Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Guard Major General Azi Aslanov
https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2025-10-3-64-72
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Abstract
The article is dedicated to the participant of the Great Patriotic War, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, legendary Guard Major General of the tank forces Azi Aslanov. The research is based on sources from the funds of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, available through the open network portal “Memory of the People”. The narrative genre has defined the methodological block of research — a combination of military anthropology, institutional and systemic approaches, as well as the biographical method. This method allows achieving the aim of the work — having considered the military path of the commander, to highlight his tactical innovations that ensured the success of the actions of the units.
About the Author
V. R. Bliev
Omsk Tank-Automotive Engineering Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Bliev Vladimir Ruslanovich, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Humanities and Socio-Economic Disciplines Department
AuthorID (RSCI): 918103
Omsk
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Bliev V.R. “The paragon of leadership of subordinate troops”: strokes to the portrait of Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Guard Major General Azi Aslanov. Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Society. History. Modernity. 2025;10(3):64-72. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2025-10-3-64-72. EDN: JWIBEY
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