Sadig Hajiyarali oghlu Rahimov ( az, Sadıq Hacıyarəli oğlu Rəhimov, September 27, 1914 — June 11, 1974) was the Statesman of the
Azerbaijan SSR
Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...
, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958), member of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR
The Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR ( Azerbaijani: Азәрбаjҹан ССР Али Совети, ''Azərbaycan SSR Ali Soveti''; Russian: Верховный Совет Азербайджа́нской ССР tr. ''Verkhovnyy Sovet Azerba ...
.
Biography
He was born on September 27, 1914 in
Balaxanı
Balaxanı or Balakhani is a settlement and municipality near Baku, Azerbaijan, on the Absheron Peninsula. Taking advantage of the area's oil pools, a 35 m deep well was dug manually in 1593. The Russians built the first oil-distilling factory he ...
in a family of oil worker.
S. Rahimov graduated from Balakhani village school in 1929 and entered Baku oil technical school. After successfully graduating from the technical school in 1931, S. Rahimov began his career as a technician at the Baku Machine-Building Plant.
In 1932–1936, S. Rahimov was first a technician and then the head of a mechanical workshop at the Baku Shoe Factory No. 2 of the Azerbaijan Light Industry Commissariat. In addition to working in the factory, in 1932 he entered the faculty of mechanical engineering of the
Azerbaijan Industrial Institute. He resigned temporarily in 1936 to write his dissertation and pass his final exams.
S. Rahimov, who defended his diploma work with excellent marks in 1937, was again sent to Baku Shoe Factory No. 2 as a deputy chief mechanic as a certified engineer. In 1937–1938, S. Rahimov worked as a deputy chief mechanic at Baku Shoe Factory No. 2, in 1938–1939 as a chief mechanic, and in 1939 as a director of that factory.
He was the grandfather of Azad Rahimov.
Rahimov died on June 11, 1975 in
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
and was buried in the
Alley of Honor
The Alley of Honor ( az, Fəxri Xiyaban, Honorary ''Allée'') is a public cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Alley includes burials of famed Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan-affiliated expatriates, including several Presidents, scientists a ...
. In 2014, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan signed an order on holding the 100th anniversary of S. Rahimov.
During the war
In 1939, the republican government sent him to
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
to study at the
Higher Party School
Education in the Soviet Union was guaranteed as a constitutional right to all people provided through state schools and universities. The education system that emerged after the establishment of the Soviet Union in 1922 became internationally ren ...
.
[ He left his education in 1941 and went to the front due to the outbreak of the ]Great Patriotic War
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. In 1941–1942, S. Rahimov was the head of the political department of the 160th Rifle Division The 160th Rifle Division of the Soviet Union's Red Army may refer to:
* 160th Rifle Division (1940 formation)
* 160th Rifle Division (1941 formation)
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