Abdraim Izmailovich Reshidov (Crimean Tatar: Abduraim İsmail oğlu Reşidov, Russian: Абдраим Измайлович Решидов; 8 March 1912 – 24 October 1984) was the deputy commander of the 162nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces during World War II, known as the Great Patriotic War in the USSR.
After the war he was heavily involved in the Crimean Tatar civil rights movement, and swore to the government that he would publicly commit self-immolation if they did not let him live in Crimea.
From May 1938 to April 1940 he served as a pilot in Sevastopol before transferring to the 5th High Speed Bomber Regiment in Odessa, in which he was stationed when Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa.
[2] Shortly after the launch of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Reshidov began flying defensive sorties on the Southern Front.
Despite his prolonged service in the military he was not immediately permitted to return to his homeland of Crimea and spent many years in exile in Nalchik.
[5] Meanwhile, Reshidov became more active in the Crimean Tatar civil rights movement, and was the standard bearer at the funeral of Amet-khan Sultan and gave a speech about him.