Arkady Petrovich Gaidar was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet children, and a Red Army commander.

Lgov is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Seym River 80 kilometers (50 mi) west of Kursk. Population: 17,557 (2021 Census); 21,453 (2010 Russian census); 23,783 (2002 Census); 25,643 (1989 Soviet census); 26,000 (1972).