Nikolai Gumilev
Russian poet
- Lived
- 1886–1921
- Country
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Also writes as
- Анатолий Грант
Updated September 2026
About Nikolai Gumilev
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 Soviet police force, in 1921.
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