Russian Poets about Moscow

«Moscow... how much in this sound…» – words that first sounded in A.S. Pushkin's novel «Eugene Onegin», accurately defined the attitude of Russian poets towards the White-Stoned capital. In their poems about Moscow, poets captured not only their love for the city but also their reverence for its centuries-old history. Their lyrical works reflected all the important events and changes that occurred in Moscow, – from the founding of the city on seven hills and the fire of 1812 to the Victory Parade on Red Square and the opening of the first station of the Moscow metro. The collection includes the best poems about Moscow by A.S. Pushkin, M.Yu. Lermontov, A.A. Block, M.I. Tsvetaeva, V.V. Mayakovsky, A.A. Akhmatova, N.I. Zabolotsky, and other poets.