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Gumilev, Nikolai Stepanovich

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Gumilev, Nikolai Stepanovich (nyĭkəlī` styĭpä`nəvĭch gmēlyôf`), 1886–1921, Russian poet. With his wife, the poet Anna Akhmatova Akhmatova, Anna (än`nə əkhmä`təvə), pseud.
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, and Gorodetsky Gumilev, he founded the Acmeist Acmeists (ăk`mēĭsts), school of Russian poets started in 1912 by Sergei M.
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 school of poetry in 1912. He traveled widely in Europe and, especially, in Africa, and his poetic imagery is enhanced by the frequent use of foreign and exotic elements. The Pillar of Fire (1921) contains much of his best work. Gumilev was executed by the Bolsheviks for alleged conspiratorial activities.


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