Aliashraf Abdulhuseyn oglu Alizade

Academician Aliashraf Abdulhuseyn oghlu Alizade (1911–1985) was an Azerbaijani geologist. He was a full member and one of the founders of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (1945),^[1] and an Honorary Oilman of the USSR (1971). He was also a State Award laureate for the discovery and exploitation of new oil fields (1943) and for the preparation of the small electric perforator (1946).

Alashraf Abdulhuseyn oglu Alizade
Əlizadə Alaşraf Əbdülhüseyn oğlu
Born	April 24, 1911 Shamakhi, Russian Empire
Died	March 22, 1985 Baku, Soviet Union
Nationality	azerbaijani
Citizenship	Azerbaijan SSR
Awards	Order of Lenin

Publications

• Quick Guide for Field Geology. 1937.
• Quick Guide to the Field Geology. 1938.
• Maikop Formation of Azerbaijan and its oil potential. 1945.
• Oil fields of the Caspian region. 1945.
• Paleogene deposits of Azerbaijan. 1947.
• Earth and earthquakes. 1950.
• Oil and its origin. 1957.
• Paleogeography of the Balakhani basin. 1960.
• General Geology. 1961
• Geophysical study of the geological structure of the oil and gas-bearing regions of Azerbaijan. 1963.^[2]