Notes of a cavalryman. African hunting. Gumilyov N.S.

The prosaic heritage of Nikolai Gumilyov, the outstanding Russian poet of the Silver Age, the founder of acmeism, literary critic and translator, became a reflection of his extremely bright, outstanding and rich life.

at the beginning of the First World War, when most of it Collectors on Peru spoke in a press with civil verses, Gumilyov signed up as a volunteer in the army. He went through all the hardships of continuous offenses and retreats, participated in many historical battles, was awarded twice a St. George Cross for military valor and courage and promoted to non-commissioned officers. During the war, Gumilyov conducted correspondence from the front, which later compiled a cycle of his stories, essays and short stories “Notes of the Cavalry”. In addition to documentary value - an extremely accurate and sincere story about the 1914-1915 military campaign, Gumilyov’s book has a unique artistic significance. Continuing the line of the battal prose of A. S. Pushkin and L. N. Tolstoy, the author of the “Notes of the Cavalrist” takes the next step in the artistic study of the psychological experience of the war.

shortly before the events of 1914, Gumilyov made several trips in Africa, The secrets of which attracted him from childhood. During his travels, the poet studied little -known tribes, met the last emperor of Ethiopia and even hunted wild animals, obtaining food in the conditions of a lack of provisions. He left diary entries about his adventures, some of which are published in this publication.