In this article literary and critical activity of the hero poet Moussa Jalil in the context of a historico-literary situation 1920 - 1930 - x is analyzed. In the Tatar literary criticism these years are characterized by difficult and contradictory development of literary criticism where Marx-Lenin methodology of studying literature are formed which cornerstone the Lenin theory of reflection, the doctrine about categories of class, party membership and nationality, the concept of liberation movement. On the example of the analysis of theoretical views of M. Jalil the way of forming the main creative method of the Soviet literature - socialist realism is traced. In the critical works special character, the principles and poetics of a new creative method are more boldly shown. In M. Jalil's articles the concept of the literary hero of the Soviet art is also developed. The critic estimated also modern Tatar poetry. In a complex studying life and works of modern poets, he estimates as well as stylistic and language features, and some aspects of their versification. The main characteristics of the critical activity are defined by authors of article: literary, realistic, publicistic criticism. It investigates also some questions of poetics of literary criticism. M. Jalil though considered pre-revolutionary heritage through class prism, he on the agenda raised a question of the studying and preservation. The critic highly appreciated the ideological and esthetic value of spiritual heritage of such classics as G. Tuqay, G. Kamal, M. Gafuri, Sh. Kamal etc. Relevance of work is explained by few studies of critical heritage of the poet. The used methods and the principles gave the chance more fully and systemically to investigate literary and critical heritage of M. Jalil and to reveal his role in formation and forming the Soviet literary criticism
