Vladimir Pavlovich Belyaev (; , Kamianets-Podilskyi â 11 February 1990) was a Soviet and Russian writer born in Ukraine. He is famous for his trilogy The Old Fortress (áÃÂðÃÂðàÃÂÃÂõÿþÃÂÃÂÃÂ) about boys living in Kamenets-Podolsky during the Russian Civil War. The trilogy was written in 1937âÂÂ1951 and was awarded the Stalin Prize of 1952.