Kerim Kerimov

Kerim Kerimov was a Soviet and Russian engineer, scientist, and military personnel who served as a lieutenant general. Born in Baku in 1917, he was educated at Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University and the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces. He worked at TsNIIMash in Moscow and was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His field of work included space exploration, and he participated in the Eastern Front of the Great Patriotic War.

Kerimov received several awards, including the USSR State Prize, the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945," the Order of Lenin, and the title Hero of Socialist Labour. He authored seven works, such as *Sultan Măḣămmăd vă onun măktăbi* and *Nizami "Khămsă" motivlări Mikai̐yl Abdullai̐ev ĭaradyjylyghynda*. He died in Moscow in 2003 and is buried at Vagankovo Cemetery.