Evgeny Elachich - children’s literature critic

The article covers the main aspects of the creative activity of Evgeny Elachich (1880-1944). Evgeny Elachich was one of the most important critics of the Children’s Literature, who contributed to the theory of reading for children during the first decades of the 20thcentury, especially for the Russian émigré children literature, he was a Chief Editor of the Russian émigré monthly magazine «Chto i kak chitat’ detyam» («What to read and how to read to children» (1911-1917).