Arkadiy Gaydar(1904-1941)
- Writer
Arkadiy Gaydar was born on 22 January 1904 in Lgov, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kursk Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Timur i yego komanda (1940), Sudba barabanshchika (1956) and The Ballad of Cossack Golota (1937). He died on 26 October 1941 in Leplyavo, Kanev Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lyuplyava, Kaniv Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine].