In 1942 , Lutfali Abdullayev met 17-year-old Sevda Pepinova and four years later the two hatched plans to marry . However Pepinova 's mother strongly opposed to this marriage due to class differences . Abdullayev was the son of a merchant and had no undergraduate degree , whereas Sevda came from a family of aristocrats whose wealth was largely expropriated as a result of Sovietization : her father Ahmed bey Pepinov , former minister of labour of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan ( ADR ) , became subject to repression under Stalin and was executed in 1937 , and her mother was the daughter of Hasan bey Agayev , vice-speaker of Parliament of ADR . It was not until 1956 , when Pepinova 's mother lying on her deathbed agreed to this marriage . Lutfali Abdullayev lived with his wife for the next 17 years and fathered two daughters , Gulnara and Khurshud
repression under Stalin
Great Purge
Lutfali Abdullayev