Saylau Serikov

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Saylau Serikov
Сайлау Сериков
Deputy Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
1985 –November 20, 1991
Personal details
Born(1940-12-24)December 24, 1940
Kostanay Region, Kazakh SSR
DiedNovember 20, 1991(1991-11-20) (aged 50)
Karakend, Khojavend, Azerbaijan
Military service
Rank Colonel

Saylau Dosumovich Serikov was the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. He was killed in the 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown. [1]

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Life

Saylau Serikov was born on December 24, 1940, in Karasay village of Kostanay Region, Kazakh SSR.

He started working in the police in 1964 in the Frunze district of Almaty and was promoted to the position of commander of the police division. In 1970, he was promoted to Deputy Chief of the Leninsky District Police Department in Almaty, and in 1974 to the post of Chief.

In 1985, Saylau Serikov was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Kazakh SSR. He was a police lieutenant colonel at the time. [2]

Death

Serikov was killed in 1991 when the helicopter he was travelling in was shot down near Karakend, Azerbaijan. He and many other government officials also on board were on their way to discuss the conflict with local Armenian representatives. All 22 people on board (19 passengers and three crew) were killed. [3]

He was buried in Almaty. A street in Almaty is named after him. [4]

Awards

In 1977, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Sabri-Tabrizi. / Edited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami. — University of Exeter Press[en], UK, 1994. — P. 150. — ISBN 0859894304., G. Reza (1994). Azerbaijan and Armenian Conflict and Coexistence (англ.) // From the Gulf to Central Asia: Players in the New Great Game. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. Vol. 1358 (2nd expanded ed.). UK: University of Exeter Press. p. 150. doi:10.1007/b62130. ISBN   0859894304.{{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Даурен ЗАРКЫМХАНОВ - Хранитель частицы истории страны
  3. ↑ РОМАН Ъ-ГЛЕБОВ (25 November 1991). "В Азербайджане сбит вертолет с VIP на борту". Kommersant. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Память погибших 25 лет назад в Нагорном Карабахе почтили в Алматы". mail.kz. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Сериков Сайлау Досумович". nkao.ru. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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