Amet-khan Sultan
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Amet-khan Sultan was a highly decorated Crimean Tatar flying ace in the Soviet Air Force with 30 personal and 19 shared kills. He was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Amet-khan in 1945
Amet-khan Sultan by his Yak-7 fighter in Stalingrad
Amet-khan as test pilot
1978 postal cover of the USSR featuring Amet-khan
Laks (Caucasus)
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The Laks Гъумучи, are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native to an inland region known as Lakia within Dagestan in the North Caucasus. They speak the Lak language. Laks historically live in the Lak
Amet-khan Sultan
…shared kills. He was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Despite having been able to avoid deportation to Uzbekistan, due to his father's Lak background, he refused to change his passport nationality listing to Lak or identify as one throughout his entire life, even when faced with pressure…
Said Gabiev (third from left) with subscribers to the Zarya Dagestan newspaper in Baku, c. 1913
Islam Makhachev, Former UFC Lightweight Champion, Current UFC Welterweight Champion