Edkhyam Rakhimovich Tenishev was a Soviet and Russian linguist who specialized in Turkic and Mongolic languages. He was a doctor of philology, a professor, and a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
Born: April 5, 1921, Penza, Russia
Died: November 7, 2004 (age 83 years), Moscow, Russia
Sub-discipline: Turkology