| Rashid Karimov | |
 Rashid Karimov (aged 109) in May 2022 | |
| Birth: | 9 May 1912? Shokhambari, Gissar District, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire (now Tajikistan) |
| Age: | 112 years, 121 days? |
| Country: |  TJK
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| Unvalidated | |
Rashid Karimov [Russian: Рашид Каримов] (born 9 May 1912) is a Tajikistani supercentenarian who is currently the oldest known living person in Tajikistan, as well as the oldest known living world war II veteran in the world. His age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) and Guinness World Records (GWR). If his age is true, he would be the oldest living man in the world since death of Shi Ping on 29 June 2024, being older than the validated titleholder - John Tinniswood.
Biography[]
Rashid Karimov was born in the village of Shokhambari, Gissar District, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire (now Tajikistan) on 9 May 1912. In September 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army. From that time until 27 January 1943, he took part in the fighting on the Stalingrad Front. From April 1944 he fought on the second Ukrainian front, and from April 1945 to 9 May of the same year on the first Ukrainian front. For his participation in the fighting, Karimov was awarded more than 40 orders and medals.
He became the oldest known living person in Tajikistan, following the death of 108-year-old Otakul Bostonov on 3 May 2020.
In May 2022, Karimov celebrated his claimed 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian as well as the first known man and person in Tajikistan to turn 110 years. In February 2023, he was visited by then Russian Ambassador to in Tajikistan Semyon Grigoriev.
He became the oldest known living veteran of the World War II, following the death of 111-year-old Canadian Reuben Sinclair on 28 August 2023.
Rashid Karimov currently lives in the village of Shokhambari, Gissar District, (30 km from Dushanbe), Tajikistan at the age of 112 years, 121 days.
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- 108-летний ветеран ВОВойны! Шаг за Шагом on YouTube, 19 February 2020
- 108-YEAR-OLD VETERAN CONGRATULATED ON PROFESSIONAL HOLIDAY IN TAJIKISTAN Big Asia TV channel, 19 November 2020
- Российские военнослужащие 201-й военной базы поздравили 108-летнего ветерана с Днем артиллерии Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, 19 November 2020
- Servicemen of Russian military base arrive in Hisor to congratulate the 109-year-old war veteran Big Asia TV channel, 2 February 2021
- День рождения в День Победы! В Таджикистане ветерану ВОВ исполнилось 109 лет TJ News, 9 May 2021
- Only 59 veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 estimated to be still alive in Tajikistan Asia-Plus, 20 April 2022
- Командир российского соединения в Таджикистане поздравил с Днем Победы 109-летнего ветерана Великой Отечественной войны Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, 6 May 2022
- Рашид Каримови 110 сола Olia TJ on YouTube, 9 May 2022
- Посол России навестил старейшего ветерана в Таджикистане - видео Sputnik, 6 February 2023
- THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR VISITED THE OLDEST VETERAN IN TAJIKISTAN Big Asia TV, 7 February 2023
- День рождения в День Победы! В Таджикистане ветерану ВОВ исполнилось 111 лет ASIA-Plus, 9 May 2023
- Легенда и пример: ветеран из Гиссар отметил в День Победы 112-й день рождения Mir, 9 May 2024
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