''The Republic of ShKID'' () is an adventure, partly autobiographical children's novel by and written in 1926 and printed in 1927. The book is about the fate of Russian street boys (''besprizorniks'') who landed in the

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School-Commune for Difficult Teenagers. "ШКИД" (ShKID) stands for ''Школа-коммуна имени Достоевского'' (""). In 1966

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produced a movie ''

The Republic of ShKID ''The Republic of ShKID'' () is an adventure, partly autobiographical children's novel by and written in 1926 and printed in 1927. The book is about the fate of Orphans in the Soviet Union, Russian street boys (''besprizorniks'') who landed i ...

'' based on the novel. The novel was included into the 2013 list 100 Books for Schoolchildren recommended by the

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