Arif Heydarov

Arif Nazar oglu Heydarov (Arif Nəzər oğlu Heydərov), 28 June 1926 – 29 June 1978) was a Soviet Azerbaijani state figure and a General-Lieutenant of the Soviet Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs. He headed this ministry from March 1970, until his death. Previously he used to work in security agencies. Heydarov was shot by Shusha prison officer Zia Muradov in his office, along with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Salahaddin Kazimov. Muradov then shot himself.

The Years Of the Second World War
In 1943, he was sent to study at the KGB school in Moscow. He graduated from college and was promoted to officer in 1944, after which he voluntarily went to the front. During the Soviet-German War Heydarov fought in the Battle of Berlin. He was awarded several Soviet orders and medals, including the Order of the Red Banner. In the period from May 9, 1945 to September 15, 1946, he was an employee of the operational group of the Leipzig district office of the Soviet military contingent in Germany. Until 1947, Arif Heydarov still worked in the operational department of the Ministry of State Security of the GDR in the state of Saxony.