- Arkady Gaidar
Arkady Petrovich Golikov ( _ru. Арка́дий Петро́вич Го́ликов; (OldStyleDate|January 22|1904|January 9 —
October 26 1941 ), better known as Arkady Gaidar ( _ru. Арка́дий Гайда́р), was aSoviet writer , whose stories were very popular among Soviet children.He was born in
Lgov town,Imperial Russia (now inKursk Oblast ,Russia ), to a family of a teacher. Gaidar spent his childhood inArzamas . In 1918 he volunteered for theRed Army . During theRussian Civil War , at the age of 16 he becamecommander of aregiment . He participated in the suppression of several anti-communist uprisings, among them theAntonovshchina uprising. On several occasions Gaidar was wounded incombat . He retired from the army in 1924 due to acontusion . A year later, Gaidar began publishing his literary works. His story "RVS" (1926) defined his further life in many respects: Gaidar found his vocation in writing children's literature, telling stories of front-line camaraderie and the romanticism of the revolutionary struggle. His story "Timur and his squad" (1940) made Gaidar famous. The character Timur was named after and partially based on Gaidar's son. A captivating account of analtruist ic pioneer youth gave birth to the massTimur movement among Young Pioneers and other child organizations all over theSoviet Union .In the first days of the
Great Patriotic War Gaidar was sent to the front as a specialcorrespondent for "Komsomolskaya Pravda ". In the fall of 1941, Gaidar and other soldiers were surrounded by the German troops. He joined the partisans and became amachine gun ner. OnOctober 26 , Gaidar died in combat.He was interred in the town of
Kanev , where amonument honoring him was erected in 1953. Gaidar was awarded two orders and severalmedal s.Three biographical movies about Arkady Gaidar were released in the USSR:"Serebryanye truby" (1970), "Konets imperatora taygi" (1978) and "Ostayus s vami" ("Staying with you" in English, 1981, it's about Arkady Gaidar's last days). And also a number of
film s was made based on his stories. Gaidar’s books are translated into many languages.Russian
economist Yegor Gaidar is Arkady Gaidar's grandson (Yegor Gaidar's father, Rear AdmiralTimur Gaidar , was the son of Arkady Gaidar and his first wife, Ruva-Leah Solomyanskaya).elected works
*RVS ( _ru. РВС), 1926
*School ( _ru. Школа), 1930
*Distant Countries ( _ru. Дальние страны), 1932
*Military Secret ( _ru. Военная тайна), 1935
*Blue Cup ( _ru. Голубая чашка), 1936
*Drummer’s Fate ( _ru. Судьба барабанщика), 1939
*Timur and His Squad ( _ru. Тимур и его команда), 1940Bibliography
*Arkady Gaidar:"The Blue Cup", Moscow Raduga Publishers,1988. ISBN 5-05-002177-4
External links
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