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Kerim Kerimov

Soviet rocket scientist (1917-2003) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 85

Lieutenant General Kerim Abbasali oghlu Kerimov was a Soviet and Russian engineer of Azerbaijani ethnicity and a general in the Soviet Army, who is regarded as one of the key scientists and founders in the Soviet Union's space program, and for many years a central figure in the Soviet space program.

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Ships "Apollo" (left) and "Union" (right). Reconstruction. Work related to the preparation of the flight in 1975, was in charge of Kerim Kerimov.

Ships "Apollo" (left) and "Union" (right). Reconstruction. Work related to the preparation of the flight in 1975, was in charge of Kerim Kerimov.

Awards

Shohrat Order1994

USSR State Prize

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Order of Lenin

Hero of Socialist Labour

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the Red Star

Medal "For Battle Merit"

Medal "Veteran of Labour"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Lenin Prize

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"

Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class

Stalin Prize, 3rd degree

Honorary Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

About this person

Country

Russia

Category

Scientists

Type

Scientist

Status

Deceased

Dates

Lived 1917 to 2003 · aged 85

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