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.