According to the official version of his biography, He was born in the village of Kipchak, Askhabad District in 1912. He was the eldest son in the family. He was fluent in the Arabic, Russian, and the Latin language. In the late 20s and early 30s, he served in the Turkmen cavalry regiment in the village of Keshi. took an active part in the work to eliminate illiteracy of the population. In 1932, he successfully completed a three-month training course for elementary school teachers at the Ashgabat Pedagogical Institute, he was sent to the Kerki District, where for three years he worked as an elementary school teacher in the villages of Chekir and Dashlyk. After, he entered the Ashgabat Accounting and Finance College for the Department of Planning and Accounting. He actively participated in public life, being elected as a delegate to the Republican Student Conference. After graduating from college with honors, he worked in the financial authorities of Kerki, Tashauz, Bäherden, Geoktepe, Ashgabat. In 1937, he married Gurbansoltan Eje, after which they moved to Ashgabat, where they bought a small house. Three sons appeared in the family: Niyazmurat, Saparmurat and Muhammetmyrat.
Death
In August 1941, he volunteered to go to the front during World War II as part of the 535th Guards Regiment of the 2nd Guards Division. He was killed on 24 December 1942 during the Battle of the Caucasus in which German forces tried to invade the USSR through the Caucasus. He was killed near an Ossetian village after being surrounded by the enemy and was shot by troops of the German Wehrmacht. He was buried in a mass grave in the village. Haznidon in North Ossetia. According to the fragmentary information from surviving soldiers, the unit in which the he served was surrounded, with the soldiers, engaging in a long night raid. In 2004, the earthfrom the grave, located in what is now North Ossetia, was moved to the village. Kipchak, Turkmenistan. His wife, two of his sons, and other members of his family were killed in the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake six years later that caused extreme damage to the city. He was part of the cult of personality of his surviving son later.
Honours
Several places and institutions were named after Niyazov as well as honour him:
In 2000, he and other veterans were posthumously made Heroes of Turkmenistan. Just 6 years prior, he was awarded the honorary title of Hero of Turkmenistan.
Atamyrat Niyazov Avenue is located in the capital of Ashgabat and has buildings such as Halk Bank on it.
Atamyrat was the former name given for the city of Kerki. In 1999, the city was renamed Atamyrat by president Niyazov. In November 2017 the name was changed back to Kerki by president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.
