Malik Maharramov

Malik Malik oglu Maharramov was an Azerbaijani Soviet Army Colonel and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Maharramov was awarded the title on 15 January 1944 for his leadership of a company during the Battle of the Dnieper. He served in the army postwar and became the military commissar for several districts in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. After graduating from Frunze Military Academy, Maharramov became a regimental chief of staff in 1954. He retired in 1973 with the rank of colonel. After his retirement from the army, he held several positions in the Azerbaijan Communist Party and was secretary of the Baku State University party organization.