Malik Maharramov

Malik Malik oglu Maharramov (; 29 August 192016 July 2004) 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.

Early life Maharramov was born on 29 August 1920 in Bıçaqçı to a peasant family.He worked on the kolkhoz from the age of 10 . In 1936 he graduated from secondary school and entered the Baku Technical College of Economic Accounting, from which Maharramov graduated with honors in 1939. He was drafted into the Red Army in October 1939. In 1940, he graduated from the Red Army Central School of Communications.

Maharramov returned to combat. He became a company commander in the 218th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 77th Guards Rifle Division and fought in the Battle of the Dnieper. On 17 September Maharramov's company was reportedly among the first to reach Mena, 70 kilometers east of Chernigov, clearing several streets of German troops. Between 20 and 21 September the company helped captured Chernigov. The regiment reached the Dnieper on 26 September. On the night of 27 September, Maharramov led his company across the Dnieper near the village of Nedanchichi, advanced into the German trenches, and reportedly seized a bridgehead. The company reportedly held the bridgehead until the rest of the regiment arrived. On 15 January 1944 Maharramov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin.

In February 1944, Maharramov was sent to the Kremlin to receive his Gold Star from Mikhail Kalinin.

For his actions during battles on the Oder, Maharramov received the Order of the Patriotic War 1st class on 12 June. In March 1945, near Berlin, Maharramov was wounded and evacuated to a hospital in Kharkov. In 1995, Maharramov was elected an honorary member of the Society of Scientists. He lived in Baku and worked as the head of the 1st Department of Baku State University and was a member of the Academic Council. Maharramov died on 16 July 2004 and was buried in the Alley of Honor.