Soviet writer, author of works on themes of ancient and medieval history of Central Asia. Tatar by nationality. He wrote works of art in Russian, and journalistic works in Bashkir, Russian, Tatar, and Uzbek. He graduated from the Beloretsk Pedagogical College, worked as a shepherd, tractor driver, mechanic, baker, draftsman, graphic designer, headed a club, library, and directed amateur performances; taught Uzbek language, drawing, drawing at school. Since 1952 - head. department of literature and art, translator and correspondent of the Ufa newspaper “Leninets”, literary worker in the newspapers “Tashkentskaya Pravda”, “Komsomolets of Uzbekistan”, “Fizkulturnik Uzbekistan”, head. poetry department in the magazine "Star of the East". Tragically died on June 19, 1982, while swimming in the Tashkent Komsomolskoye Lake. According to one version, the then first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the UzSSR, Sharaf Rashidov, with whom Ilyasov was in conflict, was involved in this. Contents: 1. Yavdat Ilyasov: Path of Wrath2. Yavdat Ilyasov: Sogdiana3. Yavdat Khasanovich Ilyasov: Arrow and the Sun4. Yavdat Ilyasov: Spotted Death5. Yavdat Ilyasov: Anahita's Revenge6. Yavdat Khasanovich Ilyasov: Black Widow, Ilyasovich7. Yavdat Ilyasov: Golden idol (Translation: A. Romanov)8. Yavdat Khasanovich Ilyasov: Snake charmer9. Yavdat Khasanovich Ilyasov: Tower of Silence