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:

    “No young man ever thinks he shall die.”
    —William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

    “Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere.”
    —Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (70–19 B.C.)