Flags on the Battlements () is a novella by Anton Makarenko, written in 1938 and published the same year in Krasnaya Nov magazine (issues 6-8). In 1939 the book came out as a separate edition through Khudozhestvennaya Literatura. This later version was considerably revised: it featured the new chapter "Unbelievable!" (ÃÂõ üþöõàñÃÂÃÂÃÂ!), while one of the final chapters of the magazine-published version ("For the Rest of Our Lives", ÃÂð òÃÂàöø÷ýÃÂ) has been removed. The book was translated into English under the title Learning to Live.
Flags on the Battlements could be seen as a sequel to the 1932 novella March of the 30th Year and continues the story of the Dzerzhinsky Colony. The action in it takes place in 1931-1932.