A great Russian poet, the brightest representative of the Silver Age of Russian culture, Alexander Blok left an invaluable creative legacy. His profound lyricism, enthralling passion, and musicality of poetic speech captivated the attention of Blok’s famous contemporaries—Marina Tsvetaeva dedicated verses to him, Vladislav Khodasevich wrote about him, and Anna Akhmatova wrote as well—while millions of readers were delighted. The collection includes the poem “Twelve,” the poems “The Scythians,” “I Enter Dark Temples…,” “The Stranger,” “Night, street, lamp, pharmacy…” and others.