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:

    “Art is eternally young, but the poet ages. If only he remained as young as art! If only it aged with him!”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “Most of us are aware of and pretend to detest the barefaced instances of that hypocrisy by which men deceive others, but few of us are upon our guard or see that more fatal hypocrisy by which we deceive and over-reach our own hearts.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)