Ilkin Guliyev is a research fellow at the "CRESCENT" Research Center. He is a graduate of the Faculty of History of Baku State University. Currently, he is studying for a master's degree in Central, Eastern, Russian and Eurasian sciences at Tartu University of Estonia within the framework of the "IMCEERES" program. Within the program's framework, he will continue his studies at Glasgow University in the United Kingdom and Corvinus University in Hungary. Ilkin's research area includes Central and Eastern European countries, especially Hungary.