In 1941, as a member of a repressed family, Ogtay Sadigzade was exiled because his father Seyid Husein (1887-1938) was accused of being "An Enemy of the People".

[1] After returning to Baku from the GULAG in 1946, he began to engage in book graphics and achieved success in this field.

To continue his education, he entered the Moscow Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts and graduated in 1956 with a degree in graphics.

[1] The artist's works are exhibited in the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, as well as in the Tretyakov Gallery, and are kept in private collections in the United States, Germany, Canada, Israel, and other countries.

Heartache of Separation: “Too Many Springs, Too Many Winters” Letters from the GULAG between Ummugulsum Sadigzade and her children Ogtay, Jighatay, Toghrul and Gumral in AZER.com, Azerbaijan International, Vol.