Nikolaĭ Gumilev. Z︠H︡iznʹ poeta
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The book is a detailed documentary biography of one of the greatest Russian poets whose life has become a legend and whose poems were the epitome of the Silver Age. The poet’s image is revealed on the background of the epoch and country he lived in. The reader will be fascinated by the descriptions of a gymnasia education system in Russia, colorful details of Abyssinian history, little known events of World War I and biographical materials of Paris occultists, poems of half-forgotten poets and a newspaper ad dated a century back. This book is unique in terms of the range of materials included. The author analyzes numerous memories and comments of Gumilev’s contemporaries, letters and diaries including those never published before. There are more than 200 archival photographs in the book a good number of which were published for the first time. The appendix contains selected poems and comments on Gumilev’s death.
