Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (died 1921)

Nikolai Gumilev

Russian poet and literary critic (1886–1921)

Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev was a Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a co-founder of the Acmeist movement. He was the husband of Anna Akhmatova and the father of Lev Gumilev. Nikolai Gumilev was arrested and executed by the Cheka, the secret…