1. Страна советская [The Soviet Country], by Sergei Yesenin. Tbilisi: Советский Кавказ, 1925. Russian.

The poetry book "Soviet Land" by renowned Russian poet Sergei Yesenin. The book – fifteen poems in total – was printed in the last year of the poet's life in Tbilisi and is considered the swan song of his work.

MoMA 448.

2. Письма – стихи [Letters: Verse], by Nikolai Cherniavsky. Tbilisi: Типография газеты Заря Востока, 1927. Russian.

The only poetry collection by Soviet poet and translator Nikolai Cherniavsky (Никола́й – Кола́у – Андре́евич Черня́вский; 1892-1942?), a prominent representative of the avant-garde movement and a notable member of the literary group 41° in Tbilisi, Georgia; collaborated with prominent writers and artists, including Alexander Blok, Konstantin Balmont, Alexei Remizov, Alexei Kruchenykh, Ilya Zdanevich, Igor Terentiev and others.

Kirill Zdanevich (Кири́лл Миха́йлович Здане́вич; 1892-1969), born in Tbilisi, engaged in painting from a young age. In 1910 he moved to Moscow and later studied art in St. Petersburg. He participated in various Futurist publications and was a member of the avant-garde group "Donkey's Tail" (Ослиный хвост) led by Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova. Throughout his life, he alternately lived and worked in Moscow, Paris, Istanbul and Tbilisi, and engaged, among other things, in stage and costume design and book design. He was one of the prominent figures in avant-garde artist circles in Georgia.

MoMA 730.