Vladimir Nazhimov

Vladimir Pavlovich Nazhimov (; 26 July 1923, Kunevichi, Tikhvinsky District, Leningrad Oblast — 17 August 2000, Kaliningrad) was a Russian lawyer and a specialist in the field of criminal procedure. Professor, Doctor of Law Sciences.

Biography Vladimir Pavlovich Nazhimov was born on 23 July 1923 in the village of Kunevichi (Tikhvinsky District, Leningrad Oblast) into a peasant family.

In June 1941 he graduated from the First Leningrad Paramedic School. After the beginning of Great Patriotic War, he volunteered for the People's Militia (12th Leningrad Volunteer Division). In July 1941, he was moved to the 227th Infantry Regiment of the 183rd Infantry Division and later was injured. After recovering from wounds in 1943, he was sent to the 500th separate machine-gun and artillery battalion, where he continued to fight until the end of the war. During the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, he distinguished himself in the fightings near the village of Shenderovka on 1—12 February 1944. For timely assistance to the wounded and establishment of a stronghold of defense which helped to stop the advance of Germa troops he was awarded the Order of the Red Star.

After end of his service he started to work at the Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology as a paramedic in the squad for the elimination of epidemics in Kirov and Velikie Luki regions.

In 1971 he defended his doctoral dissertation in Leningrad State University on the topic: "The Court as an organ of justice in criminal cases in the USSR".

He died in 2000 in Kaliningrad.