Kerim Kerimov was a Soviet and Russian engineer of Azerbaijani origin and a lieutenant general in the Soviet Army, born in Baku in 1917 and died in 2003. He is regarded as one of the key figures of the Soviet space programme, yet his identity was withheld from the public for most of his career. After graduating from the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute in 1942 and studying at the Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy, he worked on rocket weapons, took part in collecting information on the German V-2 rocket in 1946, and worked on the Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile programme. He was part of the Sputnik 1 team in 1957 and served on the state commission for the Vostok programme. After the death of Sergei Korolev in 1966 he chaired the State Commission on Piloted Flights for twenty five years, oversaw the Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188 docking in 1967, managed the Salyut station programme and later advised on Mir.
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November 14, 1917
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March 29, 2003
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Lieutenant General Kerim Abbasali oghlu Kerimov (Azerbaijani: Kərim Abbasəli oğlu Kərimov, Russian: Керим Аббас-Алиевич Керимов; November 14, 1917, March 29, 2003) 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
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one of the key scientists and founders in the Soviet Union
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He was part of the Sputnik 1 team in 1957.
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inspection and acceptance of the famous Katyusha rocket launchers
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In the mid-1960s he was promoted to a leadership role within the space program and oversaw the successful space docking of Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188 in 1967.
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