20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
The Words

Poet Alexander Vvedensky was killed by NKVD. He said, "Poetry will fend for itself." When he was imprisoned, his ex-wife burned his manuscripts out of fear. Somewhere between Kharkov and Kazan, his body was thrown out of the prison car. But the poems remained – the ones that he gave to his friends.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2021
Date Uploaded: 10.2022
Photo Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Camera: NIKON Z 7
Copyright: © Andrey Troitsky