Dr. Aziz Mammad Karim oglu Aliyev (Azeri: Əziz Əliyev; Russian: Азиз Алиев) (20 December 1896, Hamamli [present-day Spitak] – 27 July 1962, Baku), Ph.D., was an Azerbaijani, Dagestani and Soviet politician, scientist, and member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. He was the father-in-law of Heydar Aliyev and maternal grandfather of Azerbaijan's current President Ilham Aliyev.
Aziz Aliyev was born into an Azeri working-class family in the rural pa...
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Dr. Aziz Mammad Karim oglu Aliyev (Azeri: Əziz Əliyev; Russian: Азиз Алиев) (20 December 1896, Hamamli [present-day Spitak] – 27 July 1962, Baku), Ph.D., was an Azerbaijani, Dagestani and Soviet politician, scientist, and member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. He was the father-in-law of Heydar Aliyev and maternal grandfather of Azerbaijan's current President Ilham Aliyev.
Aziz Aliyev was born into an Azeri working-class family in the rural part of Erivan Governorate (then part of the Russian Empire, now mostly part of Armenia). While still an infant, he moved with his family to Erivan, where he soon started attending a Russian-Muslim primary school and later the Erivan gymnasium (secondary school in the Russian Imperial education system). Due to his high academic standing, he was exempt for paying for education, fortunately for his family which was in financial need. After graduating with honours, Aliyev was sponsored by philanthropist Zeynalabdin Taghiyev to enter the Russian...
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