Eduard Georgiyevich Bagritsky

Eduard Georgiyevich Bagritsky (born Nov. 3 [Oct. 22, Old Style], 1895, Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died Feb. 16, 1934, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R.) was a Soviet poet known for his revolutionary verses and for carrying on the romantic tradition in the Soviet period. Bagritsky, the son of a poor Jewish family of tradesmen, learned land surveying at a technical school. He enthusiastically welcomed the Revolution of 1917; he served in the Civil War as a Red guerrilla...