Alexander Blok

The Scythians

Poem addressing the West as barbaric outsiders from Eurasian perspective

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Alexander Blok
Alexander Blok

Russian symbolist poet whose The Twelve, an epic poem set during the Bolshevik Revolution, is one of the most debated works in Russian literature. His cycle The Beautiful Lady and his Kulikovo cycle are lyrical masterpieces.

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