Nikolay Gumilyov
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Birth Date 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1886
Death Date 26 August 1921
Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev (also Gumilyov) was a Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a co-founder of the Acmeist movement. He was the husband of Anna Akhmatova and the father of Lev Gumilev. Nikolai Gumilev was arrested and executed by the Cheka, the secret Soviet police force, in 1921.