Biography

Arkadiy Gaydar was born on January 22, 1904 in Lgov, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kursk Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Timur i yego komanda (1940), The Ballad of Cossack Golota (1937) and Sudba barabanshchika (1956). He died on October 26, 1941 in Lipliave, Kaniv Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union [now Lipliave, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine].

Grandfather of Russian politician Yegor Gaydar.