Somber Reflections on the 140th Anniversary of Nikolai Gumilyov

By Olga Medvedko   This year marks the 140th anniversary of the birth of the poet Nikolai Gumilyov—a soldier, traveler, literary critic, founder of Acmeism, and mentor to many poets.…

Nikolay Gumilyov – a poet, a visionary, a prophet

Poet Olga Efimova, Moscow : While skeptics continue to boringly ask whether anyone needs poetry today, various poetry events and festivals are taking place one after another in the cultural life…