It would seem that the iconic image of Salavat Yulaev has been developed comprehensively. Nevertheless, it continues to excite the minds of creative people, remaining an inexhaustible source of inspiration and the object of their closest attention. The writer Yanybay Khammatov, famous for his novels about the great events of the historical past of the Bashkir people, the creator of a whole gallery of images of its outstanding representatives, also showed interest in this topic. Weaving into the outline of the historical reality depicted in the novel folklore motifs, episodes from the childhood, youth and maturity of the legendary Salavat, the theme of his boundless love for the fatherland, for loved ones and fragments of poetic creativity, the author tries to convey the power of his spirit, explores and shows the origins of his patriotism, presenting the folk hero as one of the real embodiments of the epic image of the Ural Batyr.