Enver Aliyevich Aliyev (Russian: Энвер Алиевич Алиев; 5 August 1927– 23 May 2017) was a Crimean Tatar cotton farmer, who received the title Hero of Socialist Labour. His son Ali is an accomplished physicist in the field of nanotechnology.

Personal life

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Aliyev was born on 5 August 1927 to a Crimean Tatar family in Crimea. His father was a driver, and his mother worked in a printing house. He had three siblings. In 1944, he was deported from Crimea because he was Crimean Tatar.[1] His son Ali is a professor at the University of Dallas.[2][3] In April 1990 he returned to Crimea,[4] and died there on 23 May 2017.[1]

Labor and politics

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He began working as a on a collective farm once he arrived in the Uzbek SSR in 1944.[5] He often impressed Sharof Rashidov with his diligent work,[3] and in 1966 he became a member of the Communist Party.[6] For his high productivity as a tractor driver, on 10 December 1973 he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour.[7] In 1973 he supported a letter signed by many Crimean Tatars asking the Soviet government to allow them to Crimea.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Karimov.
  2. ^ Abla & Emir-Asan 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Энвера Алиева (1927)". gasprinskylibrary.ru (in Russian). 9 September 2016.
  4. ^ Имя крымского татарина 2015.
  5. ^ Veliyev 1981, p. 2.
  6. ^ Депутаты 1974, p. 21.
  7. ^ "Честь и слава героям труда!". Pravda Vostoka (in Russian). No. 289. 11 December 1973. p. 1.

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