Arkady Petrovich Golikov (Арка́дий Петро́вич Го́ликов, in Russian) (January 22 (January 9 (O.S.)) 1904 — October 26, 1941), better known as Arkady Gaidar (Арка́дий Гайда́р), was a Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet children. January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Soviet redirects here. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

He was born in Lgov town, Imperial Russia (now in Kursk Oblast, Russia), to a family of a teacher. His childhood Gaidar spent in Arzamas. In 1918, he volunteered for the Red Army. During the Russian Civil War, he was made a commander of a regiment at the age of 16. Gaidar was wounded in combat on several occasions. He retired from the army in 1924 due to a contusion. 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 children's literature by telling stories of front-line comradery and romanticism of revolutionary struggle. A 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 an altruistic pioneer enterprise gave birth to a mass Timur movement among Young Pioneers and other children all over the Soviet Union. Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Red Army flag The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya in Russian), the armed forces organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... The Russian Civil War was fought between 1918 and 1920. ... Commander is a military rank used in many navies but not generally in armies or air forces. ... A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A bruise or contusion or ecchymoses is a kind of injury, usually caused by blunt impact, in which the capillaries are damaged, allowing blood to seep into the surrounding tissue. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Altruism refers to both a practice or habit (in the view of many, a virtue) as well as an ethical doctrine. ... Czechoslovakian pioneers A pioneer movement is an organization for children operated by a communist party. ... Soviet Young Pioneer Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union (Russian: Всесою́зная пионе́рская организа́ция и́мени В.И.Ле́нина), mass youth organization of the USSR for children of age 10-15, that existed in the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1990. ...

In the first days of the Great Patriotic War, Gaidar was sent to the front as a special correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda. In the fall of 1941, Gaidar and other soldiers were surrounded by the Nazi troops. He joined the partisans and became a machine gunner. On October 26, Gaidar died in combat. The Eastern Front1 was the theatre of combat between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II. It was somewhat separate from the other theatres of the war, not only geographically, but also for its scale and ferocity. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism. ... Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian Комсомольская правда, meaning Komsomols Truth) is an all-Russian newspaper and is the product of the long-lived but now extinct Komsomol organization. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Partisan may refer to: A member of a lightly-equipped irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ...

He was buried in a town of Kanev, where a monument to him was built in 1953. Gaidar was awarded two orders and several medals. Kaniv (Polish: Kaniów) is a town on the Dnipro River in Ukraine where the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko is buried. ... A monument is a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons rather than for any overtly functional use. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Order is the opposite of anarchy and chaos. ... A Medal can mean three things: a wearable medal awarded by a government for services to a country (such as Armed force service); strictly speaking this only refers to a medal of coin-like appearance, but informally the word also refers to an Order (decoration); a table medal awarded by...

Three biographical movies about Arkady Gaidar were released in the USSR:Serebryanye truby (1970), Konets imperatora taygi (1978) and Ostayus s vami (Leaving with you in English, 1981, it's about Arkady Gaidar's last days). And also a number of films was made based on his stories. Gaidar’s books are translated into many languages. For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...

Russian economist Yegor Gaidar is Arkady Gaidar's grandson (well, not quite so, since Yegor Gaidar's father, Timur Gaidar, was actually a stepson of Arkady Gaidar). An economist is someone who studies Economics. ... Yegor Gaidar Yegor Timurovich Gaidar () (also transliterated Gaider) (born March 19, 1956) is a Russian politician who served as acting Prime Minister briefly under President Boris Yeltsin in 1992 from June 15 to December 14. ... Yegor Gaidar Yegor Timurovich Gaidar () (also transliterated Gaider) (born March 19, 1956) is a Russian politician who served as acting Prime Minister briefly under President Boris Yeltsin in 1992 from June 15 to December 14. ...

Selected works

• RVS (РВС), 1926
• School (Школа), 1930
• Distant Countries (Дальние страны), 1932
• Military Secret (Военная тайна), 1935
• Blue Cup (Голубая чашка), 1936
• Drummer’s Fate (Судьба барабанщика), 1939
• Timur and His Squad (Тимур и его команда), 1940

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Bibliography

• Arkady Gaidar:The Blue Cup, Moscow Raduga Publishers,1988. ISBN 5050021774

External link

• Arkady Gaidar (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301469/) at the Internet Movie Database