Vratar' respubliki - Kassil' Lev

"The novel "Goalkeeper of the Republic" by the famous Soviet writer Lev Abramovich Kassil (1905-1970) is one of the very first works of art on sports theme in our country. The extraordinary popularity of the novel and the film "Goalkeeper" made the national football team a national treasure, a matter of pride of a huge country, and the main character Anton Candidov became an idol of all the boys of the 30s. Well, the connection of labor and sports, the life of an experienced working commune, issues of friendship, camaraderie, collectivism in many ways echo a number of moments of today's life of our youth. "