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Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (Russian: Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, Russian: Го́ликов; 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1904 [1] – 26 October 1941) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet children, and a Red Army commander.
Arkadi Petrovich Golikov, better known as Arkadiy Gaidar (Аркадий Гайдар), was a Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet children. His story "Timur and his squad" (1940) made Gaidar famous. The character Timur was named after and partially based on Gaidar's son.
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- October 26, 1941
- January 22, 1904
Overview. Arkady Gaidar. (1904—1941) Quick Reference. (1904–1941), Soviet children's writer hailed by the official criticism as the foremost representative of new patriotic children's literature. His novels School (1930), Faraway Countries (1932), Military Secret (1935), and A ...
Arkady Gaidar was a keen-eyed scout, a man in the vanguard of Soviet literature. The pseudonym he chose proved to be an apt one indeed. Both as a writer and a person Arkady Gaidar was a true son of the revolution, ready to give up his life to safeguard the happiness the people had won at the cost of so much blood, sweat and tears.
Arkadij Gajdar is the author of Тимур и его команда (3.76 avg rating, 1422 ratings, 41 reviews, published 1940), Чук и Гек (4.05 avg rating, 1043 ratings...
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On 27 August 1919, the commander of Arkady's company was killed, and Arkady, only 15 years old, was promoted to replace him. In December 1919, now a platoon commander on the Polish front, Arkady received a shrapnel wound to the leg. He was sent home on leave, where he contracted typhus.
Arkady Gaidar (real name Golikov) was both a famous writer and a Red Army field commander known for his courage and ruthlessness. In days of old, mounted warriors on the march would send a horseman ahead as a scout. He was called a gaidar. Arkady Gaidar was a keen-eyed scout, a true son of the revolution, a man in the vanguard of Soviet literature.
