Azartnyj puteshestvennik, posetivshij Afriku togda, kogda eto bylo smertel'no opasno, besstrashnyj voin, ch'i dejstviya na pole boya otmecheny vysshej nagradoj - Georgievskim Krestom, chelovek chesti, poschitavshij nizhe svoego dostoinstva otrekat'sya ot tovarischej i rasstrelyannyj kak souchastnik antipravitel'stvennogo zagovora, blistatel'nyj poet, proizvedeniya kotorogo zhili v pamyati chitatelej, hotya pochti sem' desyatiletij posle ego smerti ne pereizdavalis', mistik, vizioner, myslitel' - vse eto Nikolaj Gumilev, odin iz teh redchajshih v mirovoj literature poetov, ch'i stihi do samyh melochej sovpadayut s zhizn'yu avtora.
An influential Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was the cofounder of the Acmeist movement. Nikolay Gumilev was arrested and executed by the Cheka, the secret Soviet police force, in 1921.