Pioneer's Honor! Part 1

9 hrs. 37 min.

Language Russian

Author Andrey Fedin

Narrator Maxim Smetannikov

1984.

Again.

Citizens of the USSR are still building communism, with the fervor of hunters “getting” scarce goods. And they don’t suspect the sad turns that soon await both them and the country.

My father is still alive and teaches at school. I, the past version of me, have just turned seven. And soon—he (not I) will go to first grade. This boy doesn’t know that life has surprises in store for him.

But surprises come in different forms.

I am a big surprise myself. For some—it will be pleasant. For others, my return to 1984 promises nothing good.

Will I change the future that I remembered? After all, the me of today is only ten years old. In the Soviet Union, a ten-year-old boy doesn’t have many chances to influence the fate of people and the whole country.

Perhaps that’s why fate not only gave me a “second chance,” but also handed me a gift. Or did it reward me with a curse?

I will use that gift. And I’ll turn it into someone else’s curse. Honest Pioneer’s word!

1. Pioneer's Honor! Part 1 2. Pioneer's Honor! Part 2 (narrated by Maxim Smetannikov) 3. Pioneer's Honor! Part 3 (narrated by Maxim Smetannikov) 4. Scout's Honor! Part 4 (narrated by Maxim Smetannikov)