Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Karabayev studied at the Republican College of Art in Tashkent from 1978 to 1982 and the Arts Faculty of the All-Union State Cinematographic Institute in the studio of A.T. Borisova from 1982 to 1991.
Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Karabayev studied at the Republican College of Art in Tashkent from 1978 to 1982 and the Arts Faculty of the All-Union State Cinematographic Institute in the studio of A.T. Borisova from 1982 to 1991.