Ismikhan Rahimov

Ismikhan Rahimov
Born	1925-09-18 Baku
Died	2004-12-15 Baku

Ismikhan Rahimov(September 18, 1925, Baku – December 15, 2004, Baku) — translator, linguist, and one of the founders of the anti-Soviet "Ildirim" (Lightning) organization.

Together with Haji Zeynalov and Gulhuseyn Huseynoglu, he founded a nationalist student organization against the Soviet occupation, and due to this activity, he was deprived of his voting rights for 5 years and sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment with the confiscation of all his property. He served his sentence in a labor camp in Siberia.

He completed secondary and higher education with distinction ahead of time. He had a unique methodology in teaching English. He was the author of several books and dictionaries in the field of linguistics. On October 28, 2000, he was awarded the "Shohrat" (Glory) Order for his services in the field of education in Azerbaijan. Since 2002, he had been a personal pensioner of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.