Alakbar was among the first to be arrested in what would later be termed as Stalin 's Repression , in which 70,000 Azerbaijanis were executed or exiled along with hundreds of thousands of other citizens throughout the USSR . His friend was accused of advocating " pan-Turkish ideas , " and Alakbar was deemed guilty by mere association . When Alakbar was thrown into prison , he did n't even know what he was being accused of or why . Altogether , Alakbar spent more than 23 years of his life in exile . He was sentenced to six years . After being released , he returned and married Sona Huseynova in 1935 ; the couple had two daughters , Adila and Sevil . He and Sona later divorced
Stalin 's Repression
Great Purge
Alakbar Rezaguliyev