Azartnyj puteshestvennik, posetivshij Afriku togda, kogda eto bylo smertelno opasno, besstrashnyj voin, chi dejstviya na pole boya otmecheny vysshej nagradoj - Georgievskim Krestom, chelovek chesti, poschitavshij nizhe svoego dostoinstva otrekatsya ot tovarischej i rasstrelyannyj kak souchastnik antipravitelstvennogo zagovora, blistatelnyj poet, proizvedeniya kotorogo zhili v pamyati chitatelej, hotya pochti sem desyatiletij posle ego smerti ne pereizdavalis, mistik, vizioner, myslitel - vse eto N. Gumilev, odin iz teh redchajshih v mirovoj literature poetov, chi stihi do samyh melochej sovpadayut s zhiznyu 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.