Hero of the Soviet Union from Kyrgyzstan Yuri Verikovich Islamov
Hero of the Soviet Union Islamov Yuri Verikovich Islamov Yuri Verikovich – commander of a platoon of the 22nd separate special forces brigade of the GRU of the General Staff of the 40th Army of the Red Banner Turkestan Military District (Limited contingent of Soviet troops in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan), junior sergeant. He was born on April 5, 1968, in the village of Arslanbob, Bazar-Korgon district, Osh region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of a forester. Uzbek.