About the book: year / Bykov’s famous lecture, which stirred up public opinion. “Arkady Gaidar is a man who, in many respects, invented the image of Soviet power that we know. Not a bloody appearance, not a menacing one, but a kind, fatherly, caring one. Not to mention the fact that Gaidar is truly a great stylist, a wonderful person and, perhaps, one of the most attractive figures in all of Soviet literature».