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This early anthology of Russian poetry was compiled and translated by Deutsch and Yermolinksy and was originally published in 1921. It provides a fascinating and absorbing collection of some of the work of Russia’s greatest poets from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Deutsch and Yermolinksy provide a comprehensive and informative look at the subject, making this work a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any literary historian, enthusiast of Russian poetry or newcomer to the genre. Poets featured include: Alexander Pushkin - Yevgeny Baratynsky - Alexey Koltzov - Mikhail Lermontov - Fyodor Tyutchev - Nikolai Nekrasov - Alexey K. Tolstoy - Apollon Maikov - Afanasy Shenshin-Foeth - Yakov Polonsky - Vladimir Solovyov - N. Minsky - Dmitry Merezhkovsky - Fyodor Sologub - Zinaida Hippius - Konstantin Balmont - Valery Brusov - Ivan Bunin - Vyacheslav Ivanov - Yurgis Baltrushaitis - Maximilian Voloshin - Mikhail Kuzmin - Georgy Chulkov - Alexander Blok - andrey Bely - Victor Hofman - Vasily Bashkin - Sergey Gorodetzky - Anna Akhmatova - Igor Severyanin - Nikolai Kluyev - Lubov Stolitza - Sergi Yesenin - Z. Shishova - Piotr Oreshin - Anatoly Marienhof. This vintage and rare text is being republished in a high quality, modern and affordable format, and comes complete with a new, specially-written concise biography.