"26th OCTOBER 1941 - ARKADIJ GAJDAR GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE SOVIET MOTHERLAND - A GREAT WRITER AND A FRIEND OF CHILDREN - WE LEARN FROM HIS BOOKS TO LIVE HEROIC AND BEAUTIFUL RICH LIFE". In 1921, Gajdar participated in the suppression of an anti-communist peasant uprising in the Tambov region.
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