 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Akaberekerwa muSabunchu, pedyo neBaku, muUmambo hweRussia, Baibakov akapedza chikoro chesekondari muna 1928 uye akapinda muAzerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute, kwaakapedza kudzidza muna 1931 sainjiniya wemigodhi. Muna 1935, akanyoresa muchiuto. Apedza basa rake rechiuto, akagadzwa kuva mukuru wedhipatimendi rokugadzira mafuta mune imwe nzvimbo ine maindasitiri muUSSR. Gare gare akasimudzirwa kuva injiniya mukuru, ipapo mutungamiriri mukuru. Akanga ane mutoro wokubvisa zvivako zvemabhizimisi emafuta kumativi okumabvazuva mukati mokupinda kweNazi. 