Gavriil Vasilevich Ksenofontov and The Reasons Of His Great Work “Elleiada”’s Late Publishing

Sakha Turks historian Gavriil Vasilevich Ksenofontov‟s short life (1888-1937) is full of his efforts to bring his community up to a modern standard and also to present its cultural richness. Unfortunately, some works of this scholar who gave contribution in many fields of culture were published after his death. Among them, the work that author named “Elleiada” comes first. In this work Ellei which Sakha Turks except as his first ancestor and the legends growing around him were collected from all Sakha people and translated into Russian. This work of G. V. Ksenofontov was marginalized in the midst of political conflicts of current time. In this paper it will be elaborated one of the first Sakha Turks scholar G.V. Ksenofontov‟s life and the reasons for late publishing of his work named “Elliada”.