Author: Аркадий Гайдар
Alternate names: Arkadiy Gaydar; Arkadi Gaydar
Born: 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1904
Died: 26 October 1941
Bio: Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (Russian: Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, Russian: Го́ликов) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet children, and a Red Army commander.