Rurik Ivnev poet and man of interesting fate . His first book of poems was published in 1912, presenting him mainly as a modernist poet. In 1917, Rurik Ivnev resolutely took the side of the revolution, defending its interests among the Russian intelligentsia. R. Ivnev knew many great people of the early 20th century, and among them was Gorky .. Mayakovsky, Blok, Bryusov, Yesenin...This book includes selected poems of a large time range that can characterize the poet's creative path. The book includes memories of R. Ivneva about Blok, Mayakovsky and Yesenin, in memories there are living signs of that distant time already from us .