Eta povest' - pamyati Aleksandra Lbova, cheloveka, ne znayuschego dorogi v novoe, no nenavidyaschego staroe, nedistsiplinirovannogo, nevyderzhannogo, no smelogo i gordogo buntovschika, vlozhivshego vsyu nenavist' v holodnoe dulo svoego bessmennogo mauzera, pered kotorym v techenie dolgogo vremeni trepetali storozhevye sobaki samoderzhaviya. Pamyati "razbojnika Lbova" i ego tovarischej: Demona, Groma, Zmeya, Fomy, Matrosa i mnogih drugih, imena kotoryh okutany uzhe dymkoj legend po rabochemu Uralu. Pamyati teh, kotorye napadali s krikom, umirali so smehom i vo vremya nervnyh, bezrassudno smelyh shvatok stavili svoyu sobstvennuyu
Arkadi Petrovich Golikov, better known as Arkadiy Gaidar (Аркадий Гайдар), was a Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet children. His story "Timur and his squad" (1940) made Gaidar famous. The character Timur was named after and partially based on Gaidar's son. A captivating account of an altruistic pioneer youth gave birth to the mass Timur movement among Young Pioneers and other child organizations all over the Soviet Union.