Abduramanov was born on 15 February 1914 to a Crimean Tatar peasant family in Buyuk-Karalez, Crimea. After completing seven grades of school he was drafted into the army in 1936; he was briefly demobilized and worked as a tax inspector until he was recalled to fight in the Soviet-Finnish war. In Spring 1941 he was sent for training to become a platoon commander.