Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 9789380637150 |
ISBN-13 | 9789380637150 |
No of pages | 144 |
Book Publisher | Ponytale Books |
Published Date | 27 Mar 2017 |
Oleg Tikhomirov was a well-known authors writing about the heroic youth of the erstwhile Soviet Union.
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Alyosha Kuznetsov, a fifteen-year-old Moscow boy and his elder sister, Lena were members of a mobile first-aid group – a ‘flying squad’ during the October Revolution in Russia in 1917.
The boy was never in one spot for long. Alyosha always hastened to the most dangerous places – the barricades manned by volunteers fighting the Tsar’s White Guards. Not everyone at the barricades even knew his proper name. They just called him ‘Kuznechik’ – Grasshopper – a pun on his surname, Kuznetsov.
The boy actually did appear to make flying leaps from one barricade to another, so quickly did he get around.Oleg Tikhomirov’s Grasshopper: The Little Soldier is the real life story of Alyosha Kuznetsov – a poignant story of growing up, of friendship, determination, of war and of life at one of the most trying times in Russia.