Background
Elena Yakovlevna Ilyina (nee Marshak, in marriage Preis) was born on June 16, 1901 in Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh province (now Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh) Russian Federation.
Elena Yakovlevna Ilyina (nee Marshak, in marriage Preis) was born on June 16, 1901 in Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh province (now Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh) Russian Federation.
Her works were published since 1925 in the magazines "New Robinson", "Yozh", "Murzilka". She was the author of many books for children and youth. The greatest success fell to the share of the documentary story by Ilyina "The Fourth Height" - about the heroine of the Great Patriotic War, Gulya Koroleva (1945), the book has been reprinted several times.