Hasan Aliyev was born on December 15, 1907 in Jomardlu village. His family was deported to Nakhchivan after the March genocide. After coming to Nakhchivan, he worked in various jobs in 1917-1924. He entered the village evening school in 1925. In 1930 H.Aliyev graduated from Nakhchivan Agricultural College. In 1927 during his studies at the technical school he was an employee of the department of agricultural pest control of the Land Commissariat of the Nakhchivan ASSR. In 1929, he worked as an instructor in Nakhchivan Cotton Union and Ganja branch of Azerbaijan Cotton Union. Hasan Aliyev studied at Azerbaijan Agricultural Institute in 1930-1932. In addition to studying at the institute, he worked as a teacher at Qarayeri state farm school in Ganja. In 1932 he entered the graduate school of Azerbaijan Scientific-Research Cotton Institute and graduated in 1934.In 1934 he was appointed director of Shirvan Zone-Experimental Station located in the center of Ujar district of Azerbaijan Agricultural Cotton Institute. After working there for two years, he was hired as a researcher at the Department of Soil Science of Azerbaijan branch of the former USSR Academy of Sciences, and at the same time served as scientific secretary of that department (1935–1941). In 1935, he became a member of All-Union Society of Soil Science. In addition to research, he began teaching at universities. In 1939 he became a member of the former All-Union Geographical Society.