The fourth height

Elena Ilyina, like her brother S. Marshak, was engaged in writing crafts - translated from several languages, wrote stories and poems for children. Her works were printed in many famous children's magazines - Murzilka, Pioneer, Kostra and others. The greatest fame of the talented writer brought the story of, at first glance, ordinary girls - Katya Snegireva (“this is my school”) and Gule Koroleva (“Fourth Height”).

The story of Elena Ilyina “Fourth is presented in our publication Height ”is a biographical story, telling about a difficult fate of a simple girl, a girl, Gule Koroleva, who lived a very short (only 20 years!), But an interesting, rich life! The Gulya died at the front during the Great Patriotic War, struggling for her next “height”, saving the lives of the wounded, taking them away from the battlefield.

for middle school age.