Ilya Anisimov

Ilya Sherebetovich Anisimov
Илья Шеребетович Анисимов
Born(1862-05-29)May 29, 1862
Tarki, Dagestan Oblast, Russian Empire
DiedFebruary 3, 1928(1928-02-03) (aged 65)
Grozny, Chechen Oblast, Soviet Union
Alma materImperial Moscow Technical School (1891)
Scientific career
FieldsEthnography, Ethnology, Engineer

Ilya Sherebetovich Anisimov (Russian: Илья Шеребетович Анисимов; Judeo-Tat: Элиягу бен Шербет Нисим-оглы; Hebrew: איליה אניסימוב; May 29, 1862 – February 3, 1928) was a Russian ethnographer, ethnologist, engineer, author of an ethnography study on Mountain Jews. He was the first of the Mountain Jews descent who received higher education in the schools of the Russian Empire.[1] Anisimov is the author of the famous work (Russian: Кавказские евреи-горцы - "Caucasian Mountain Jews."[2] Ilya Anisimov was a member of the Baku branch of the Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia.[2]

  1. ^ Mordechai Altshuler. Ilya Anisimov – researcher of the Mountain Jews community. ISSN 2658-3364
  2. ^ a b Ilya Anisimov. STMEGI. May 5, 2011.