Akif Rustamov

Akif Rustamov (Azeri: Akif Rüstəmov) - renowned Azerbaijani mountaineer. He was born on 26 April 1956 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Akif Rustamov was the only Azerbaijani, who has climbed four of five seven thousand meters high peaks of the former USSR: Ismoil Somoni Peak , Peak Korzhenevskaya, Khan Tengri and Ibn Sina Peak.

He was the captain of Azerbaijani mountaineers, who in 2003 climbed to the nameless peak 4700 metres high on Tian Shan, which was later on named “Azerbaijan Republic.”

Died on August 19, 2009.

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