At that time I was visiting on earth... Akhmatova A.

Anna Andreevna Akhmatova (1889–1966) —the, whose work is unconditionally reckoned with the Golden Fund of Russian Literature. “Akhmatova’s poetry for new people is not what is for us. We were perplexed, surprised, admired, argued and, finally, began to be proud of. They do not need our enthusiasm. They are not surprised because they came later, ”wrote philologist B. M. Eichenbaum in 1923.

This publication contains poems from the books published until 1940, “Roofs”, “White flock”, “Plantain”, “ANNO Domini”, “reed”, and also not included The books of the poem of this period. The texts are shifted according to autographs stored in state archives and private collections, as well as on the first publications in the periodical press. The features of the author’s spelling, punctuation of the original are preserved, and, if possible, the type of recording of the works is observed. Tom is equipped with a preface and notes prepared by N. I. Kraneva.