name: Arkady Gaydar
birth_date: 1904-01-22 00:00:00
death_date: 1941-10-26 00:00:00
genres: Young Adult, Adventure, Children's
avg_rating: 3.88
ratings_count: 3330
about: 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. A captivating account of an altruistic pioneer youth gave birth to the mass Timur movement among Young Pioneers and other child organizations all over the Soviet Union.Associated Names:Аркадий Гайдар (Russian)Arkadi GaidarArkadij Gajdar 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. A captivating account of an altruistic pioneer youth gave birth to the mass Timur movement among Young Pioneers and other child organizations all over the Soviet Union.Associated Names:Аркадий Гайдар (Russian)Arkadi GaidarArkadij Gajdar ...more