Far, far away on Lake Chad...

The brilliant poet of the Silver Age, executed by the Bolsheviks, Nikolai Gumilev 1886 - 1921, has become a cult author for thousands of lovers of Russian literature more than half a century later. The famous Acmeist was read in a new way in our time. A master craftsman of poets, a traveler, a warrior, an unwavering example of honor and true poetic dignity, Gumilev belongs to the cohort of poets whom everyone today must read attentively and understand.