Ilya Averbakh was born on July 28, 1934 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Die Stimme (1982), Monolog (1973) and Drama iz starinnoy zhizni (1973). He died on January 11, 1986 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].