Timur and his squad
Timur and his troop (Russian original title Тимур и его команда ) is the best known novel by the Russian - Soviet writer Arkadi Gaidar (1904–1941). It was published in 1940 and was its greatest success. In the German Democratic Republic (GDR) the book was part of reading in school lessons.
content
The story of the book is set in a Soviet village. The 14-year-old Timur Garayev, as the leader of a group of his own age, provides clandestine neighborly help for relatives and widows of soldiers from the Red Army . The work is not easy because there is a group in the village that often plunders the orchards of the local residents and thus acts against Timur and his friends. When 13-year-old Shenja went on vacation to Timur's hometown, she messed up the group and made many new friends at the same time.
The book mainly addresses topics such as helpfulness, solidarity and friendship.
useful information
Based on the title of the book, in some places in the GDR a badge called Timur troop was awarded to helpful young pioneers who distinguished themselves in the field of Timur aid . The Timur squad also appears in the stories about Alfons Zitterbacke .
Timur Garajev's first and last names are not of Russian , but of Tatar origin.
The novel was made into a film by Alexander Rasumny in the year it was published . A further adaptation opened in 1976 under the direction of Alexander Blank and Sergei Linkow .
expenditure
- Timur and his squad. New edition. Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-89603-153-8 .
- Timur and his squad. Translated from the Russian by Max Hummeltenberg. Illustrations by Hans Mau. 23rd edition. The children's book publisher Berlin, license no. 304-270 / 304 / 75- (690).
Dramatization
- A. Rosanova: Timur and his team . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Saale 1952.
Web links
supporting documents
- ↑ Timur Squad Badge. Retrieved November 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Timur and his team in the Filmlexikon zweiausendeins.de, accessed on April 12, 2014.