What is "gaidar"

Gaidar is a name in Russian, Azerbaijani and Arabic.

• Russian surname (Russian Гайда́р), a pseudonym of Arkady Gaidar which was taken as a last name by his descendants:
  • Arkady Gaidar (real name Arkady Golikov, 1904–1941), Soviet writer of children's stories.
    • His son (Timur Gaidar) published two versions of the pseudonym's origin1:
      1. This an abbreviation of French "Golikov Arkady d ' Arsamas", which means "Golikov, Arkady from Arzamas".
      2. Arkady took the name Gaidar from a Khakas language word meaning going first, the leader.
  • Timur Gaidar (1926–1999), Soviet admiral, Arkady's son
  • Yegor Gaidar (1956–2009), former acting Prime Minister of Russia, Timur's son
  • Maria Gaidar (born 1982), Russian activist of the political youth movement " DA!", daughter of Yegor Gaidar