He studied at Azerbaijan Technical University in 1963, and briefly worked at the Sattarkhan Plant (then the Lieutenant Schmidt Plant) in 1964 before being conscripted into the Soviet Army from 1964 until 1967.
他于1963年在阿塞拜疆技术大学学习, 并于1964年在Sattarkhan工厂（当时的施密特中尉工厂）短暂工作，然后从1964年到1967年被征入苏联军队。