Labor camps, see Forced-labor camps Lakhuti, Abolgasem Akhmedzade, 300, 302
Lakoba, Nestor Ivanovich, 113, 324 "Lament of St. Alexis," 240, 252 Land and Factory Publishing House, 114, 138
Lapin, Boris Matveyevich, 237, 357 "Larisa" (police agent's daughter), 359, 366, 368 on residence permits, 52 traumatized by her father's death, 49-50 Lebedeva, Sarra, 308, 312 LEF poets, 154-55, 167,173, 177 M. attacked by, 148-49 technical audience for, 249 Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, 28», 235-36, 295
Gumilev's execution and, 109-10 Leningrad (Petrograd, Petersburg), 107, 109, 117, 174-75, 269-72, 304-12, 387 comic verse tied to, 352 former aristocrats expelled from, 72,98,
135, 310 M.'s early life in, xi M.'s poem about, 194 M.'s residence in, 181, 232 papers of M. and Gumilev in, 9 poem published in, 184 purge in, 120
second short trip to, 316, 318 Spanish scholars in, 208 two-day trip to, 304-8, 311-12, 314-15, 317-18
Leonov (biologist), 94, 217 Leonov, Leonid Maximovich, 57, 243 Lermontov, Mikhail Yureivich, 30Я, 243
recitation of work of, 220 Lezhnev, Isai Grigorievich, 241-43 Liashko, N., 166 Linde, Fedor F., 153-54 Linguistic dualism, 89 Literary Fund, 290-91, 307, 353
dependence on, 381 Livshitz, Benedikt Konstantinovich, 213,
236, 238 Lominadze, Besso, 147, 179-80
Lozina-Lozinski, Alexei Konstantinovich,
237
Lozinski, Mikhail Leonidovich, 305-7, 316,318 as prepared for arrest, 77 Lubianka (Moscow), 29-32» 40,74-78, 93. 105. 259» 292 Bely's wife in, 156 Efros imprisoned in, 341 injections used by, 394 "inner" guard of, 29, 66-67 interrogator of, see Christophorovich research section of, 80-81 solitary confinement in, 75 useless dossiers of, 316 Luppol, Ivan Kapitonovich, 130, 259, 281 Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich, 313
Maikov, Apollon Nikolayevich, 239 Makovski, Sergei Konstantinovich, 175 Malkin, Boris Fedorovich, 48 Mallarme, Stephane, 239-40 Maly Yaroslavets, 319-20 Mandelstam, Alexander (Shuxa) (M.'s brother), 40-41, 221, 292 as gambler, 269
M.'s death certificate with, 373» 377 temperament of, 125 text of M.'s letter to, 373 Mandelstam, Emil Veniaminovich (M.'s father), xi, 243, 307, 311-12 "Bublik" and, 221, 223-24 death of, 312 illness of, 269 M.'s last meeting with, 311 Mandelstam, Evgeni Emilievich (M.'s brother), 9, 269, 310-12 nature of M.'s relationship with, 307-8 petitioners for release of, 113, 115-16 temperament of, 125 Writers' Union call to, 302 Mandelstam, Flora Osipovna (M.'s mother), xi, 66, 269 Makovski's account of, 175 Mandelstam, Osip Emilievich (M.) ban on his name, 139 death of, 144, 228, 299, 348, 376-80, 382- 386, 388-91, 396-97 death certificate, 373, 377, 389-90 his presentiments, 157-58 official responsibility, 355-56 potential witnesses, 382-84, 390 stories written about, 384-85 early life of, xi-xii birth, xi, 27
education, xi, 239, 241, 247 exiled to Cherdyn, 22, 38-70
community of exiles, 61-64, 95, 210- 211
contributions collected for travel 38-39
his attempt to escape, 59-60 journey under guard, 40-41, 50-58 reporting in to secret police, 118 sentence of exile, 32, 51 Fadeyev's attempt to help, 352-53
first arrest of, 4-25, 236, 271 Bukharin's reaction, 21-22, 145 his preparedness, 77, 228 justification for, ix-12 "night operation," 4-9 witnesses, 6-7 forced-labor sentence of, 379-97 communal pit burial, 382-83 Dombrovski's encounter, 387-88 five-year sentence, 372 his fear of being poisoned, 380, 391,
his^fetter about, 373 scene of his death, 228, 377, 380, 382, 388-91, 396-97 health of, 143-44, 16372, 182-83, 206, 391 fractured shoulder bone, 59-60 obsessions, 394
post-imprisonment aberrations, 56-58,
60, 62, 64-70, 76, 78, 99-101 psychiatric consultation, 123-26 recuperation after heart attacks, 290- 292
his period of silence, 162-63, 180 his rehabilitation applied for, 373-76, 396
his sentence of exile commuted, 94-95
cause of, 145-49 imprisonment of, 23-33,66-68, 74-86 "civilized treatment" of prisoners, 23 interview with his wife, 30-31,68, 74, 76,83
methods of psychic torment, 74-78 public reaction, 25-28 second, 369-72 personal characteristics of abhorrence of power, 103-4 guilelessness, 3, 84 Bterary taste, 225-29, 235-43 physical description, 306 reserve, 66
speaking voice, 276-77 poetry anthology edited by, 237 possible betrayor of, 86, 89-92 post-exile period of, in Moscow, 213- 224, 277-85, 290-93 "convicted person" status, 283-84 illegal residence, 290-93 illusory quality, 224 Moscow apartment retained, 213-14 ownership of Moscow apartment, 282 at Samatikha rest home, 356-63 scene of his arrest, 228, 235, 361-63 union arrangements for stay, 353~54.
356-58 used as a trap, 367-69 Savelovo refuge of, 292-95, 298-308,
314-1? , .„ description of village, 293 poetry-reading project, 302-4 short trips outside, 298-300, 304-8, 311, 314-18 second arrest of, 9, 57, 65, 339, 341-42, 361-63, 367-69, 388 cleared of charges, 184 confiscation of his diary, 142
reading materials for, 228 report compiled against, 367-68 warrant for arrest, 361 sworn enemy of, 101-7 as translator, 8, 176-78, 185, 236 denied work, 281
destruction campaign against, 178-79 during exile, 130, 137-39 of French poetry, 176-77, 239-40 his wife's collaboration, vii Voronezh period of, 60, 88,94-101, 118— 144, 180-214, 216-17, 234 adjutant's view, 91 Akhmatova's poem about, 217-18 archiving his compositions, 271-76 attempt at ode to Stalin, 198-200, 203 as "breathing space," 22 character of the town, 141-43 choice of town for exile, 94 composition of notebooks, 71 early manuscripts compiled, 20 end of his sentence, 210-14 funds to cover, 39, 137-42, 144, 181-
183, 261 housing conditions, 128-34 journey to Voronezh, 97-101 lecture on Acmeism, 174 length of stanzas composed, 267-68 notion to return, 284 official papers granted, 118-22 Rudakov's companionship, 9, 271 rumor of his death, 47, 389 visits from police spies, 204-6, 209-10 works of, 22-23, 45-47, 171-94, 366 "albums" compiled in labor camp, 386-87
American collection, xii, 251, 260 Bukharin's role in publication, 113,
117-18 Canal poem, 46-47, 300 chronology, 190-91 confiscated by police, 8^9 copies requested by police agents, 35, 88
copy burned by his brother, 308 derivative (doggerel, comic verse),
72, 214, 35»-52 early, xi-xii
expressions of "world sense," 262-64 first readings (first listeners), 71-73 "Italian themes," 247, 249-50 manuscripts destroyed by authorities, 148-49
manuscripts salvaged from police,
15-17, 20-21, 271 method of composition, 70-71, 180-
181, 184-88 moratorium on publication, 222, 258- 2j9
period of the twenties, 171-77 poetty cycles, 193-94 politics of magazine publication, 138- 139