Maximilian Voloshin and the Russian Literary Circle: Culture and Survival in Revolutionary Times

Examines the Russian literary circle, a feature of intellectual and cultural life from tsarist times into the early Soviet period, through the life story of one of its liveliest and most adored figures, the poet Maximilian Voloshin (1877-1932). While detailing a colorful history, the book demonstrates that the literary circle and its leaders played a key role in integrating the intelligentsia into the emerging ethos of the Soviet state.