Shapi Kaziev
His first published play was the Answering machine, Modern Drama, No. 3, 1986. In 1987 his play on Imam Shamil (Captive) was published. He was a member of the USSR Union of Writers from 1989 until his death. His best known book was Imam Shamil in series "The Lives of Remarkable People" ("Molodaya gvardiya" Press, Moscow).