The name of Nikolai Gumilyov was banned for more than half a century, but his poems penetrated from one decade into another—through barbed wire and behind a wall of deafening silence. People say that the Gumilyov surname comes from the Latin word humilis, meaning “humble.” But the brightest representative of this family—poet Nikolai Gumilyov, who brought the name into literary history—lived against all humility. From an early age, he made himself, and therefore recognized over himself only his own judgment.
In an outstanding performance by Honored Artist of Russia Aleksei Emelyanov, more than 170 poems by Nikolai Gumilyov sound.