Author Andreyev, called "The Edgar Allan Poe of Russian Literature"

Usage examples of leonid.

She had four little bombs, Leonid had cannons that could tear a hole in anything that got in his way.

In her U-2, Katya flew Leonid to a cavalry company resting in the rear.

She handed the tray back to Leonid, who took it with the comic attitude of a servant.

Katya sat in the jouncing cockpit, smiling down at Leonid, who stood hands on hips, a handsome, admiring young man.

Katya and Vera were the ringleaders, Leonid chuckled at the influence they had in their squadron.

After an hour of leisure, Leonid left them, then Vera went to write a letter.

Katya stood beside her biplane, watching Leonid walk to his Yak-9 in his flight suit, watched him take off to fly his shift of patrol duty over the aerodrome.

She wished Leonid were here in his Yak-9, blasting back at the Messerschmidt.

Katya was moved by the disparity of things she and Leonid pulled from the trunks: stuffed animals and extra signal flares, dried flowers and flight logs.

She wanted to point back into the tent, to the sobbing girls, and tell Leonid it has started.

Was Leonid being condescending, the way he looked over her intrepid little plane?

Then she asked herself the question before Leonid could: What if there is another night fighter waiting for us tonight?

Gazing into the immense blue sky, where God lived and she herself galloped, Katya wondered, Was it harm Leonid and I averted just now, or was it something else, something secret revealing itself on this mournful day?

Katya looked out through the flipping propeller, the whoosh of wind mounted, and she thought, Leonid, I must leave you for a few moments, please hang on.

She hoped to fly close enough to Leonid in the dark for him to recognize the popping Russian engine.