Young Guard

Young Guard may refer to:

  • The Young Guard (Napoleon), a French elite military unit during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Young Guard, associated with Soviet Union and Russia:
    • "Molodaya Gvardiya" (magazine), a monthly literary magazine published since 1922
    • Molodaya Gvardiya (publisher), a publishing house in the Soviet Union and Russia, established in 1922
    • The Young Guard (Soviet resistance), a Soviet resistance organisation during the World War II, composed mainly of teenagers
      • The Young Guard (novel), a 1945 (rev. 1951) novel by Alexander Fadeyev about the Soviet resistance organisation
      • The Young Guard (film), a 1949 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov, based on Alexander Fadeyev's novel
    • The Young Guard of United Russia, a pro-Kremlin 'direction action' youth organization, youth wing of United Russia]

Famous quotes containing the words young and/or guard:

    “Minerva House ... was “a finishing establishment for young ladies,” where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    “We must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is!”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)