Background
BELYAYEV, Yevgeniy was born on February 21, 1895 in Rzhev.
BELYAYEV, Yevgeniy was born on February 21, 1895 in Rzhev.
1913-1916 studied at Oriental Faculty, Saint St. Petersburg University. 1922 graduate Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies.
From 1924 lecturer, Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies. 1929-1930 also worked for ’’Atheist” Publ House. 1931-1934 with League of Militant Atheists.
1934-1942 associate professor, 1945-1954 head, Chair of History and Economy of Near and Middle East Countries, Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies. 1942-1945 associate professor, Military Institute of Foreign Languages. Also lectured on Oriental Medieval history at Higher Party School, Central Committee, All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), at Higher Diplomatic School and at Moscow University: 1951-1964 senior associate, Institute of Oriental Studies, then Institute of the Peoples of Asia and Africa, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences.
Wrote over 80 works on the history of the Oriental peoples and Islam. 1954, 1957 and 1960 attended International Congresses of Orientalists. Presidium member, Soviet-Arab Friendship Social.