Warrior and Maiden: The World of Nikolai Gumilev and Anna Akhmatova

The book by Olga Chernienkova tells about the lives of two greatest poets of the Silver Age – Anna Akhmatova and Nikolai Gumilev. You will learn about the complicated history of their relationship, which developed against the backdrop of the drama occurring in the country. Two poets, two personalities, united in marriage – a unique case. They speak the same language, they understand and feel each other, this connection is above all earthly and mundane. But the tragedy of parting is inevitable. Warrior and maiden, as Anna Akhmatova called them in her poem, will not be able to coexist, will not be able to cope with jealousy, justify each other's expectations. The author describes in detail the remarkable destinies of two outstanding Russian poets, the literary world of Petersburg, and the events of that restless time.