VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY  Letters, statements, memoranda, telegrams, letters to attorney

     

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Vladimir Mayakovsky. Complete Works in thirteen volumes.   Volume thirteen. Letters and other materials   Preparation of the text and notes:   VL ARUTCHEVA - poetic piece, improvisations, incomplete, AG Bromberg - abstracts and program interventions; EA Dinerstein - letters, statements, memoranda, telegrams, letters of attorney, VF ZEMSKOV - Answers to the questionnaires, draft notes for performances, interviews with Mayakovsky, AV February - letters to his family.   GIHL, MA, 1961   OCR Bychkov, MN// PARTIAL TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. Source: lib.ru //

   A. L. V. Mayakovsky. February 2, 1905   Two. L. V. Mayakovsky. 12 - October 14, 1905   Three. L. V. Mayakovsky. November 1905   4. OV Mayakovsky. July 14, 1907   Five. Director of the Stroganov School of Industrial Art. January 14, 1909   6. L. V. Mayakovsky. The second half of January 1909   7. In the Moscow Okhrana. February 8, 1909   Eight. In the Moscow Okhrana. July 16, 1909   9. In the Moscow Okhrana. August 24, 1909   10. Moscow's mayor. October 7, 1909   11. In the Moscow Okhrana. October 27, 1909   12. In the Moscow Okhrana. November 18, 1909   13. Director of the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. August 3, 1910   14. Rector of the Higher School of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts. August 12, 1911   15. Rector of the Higher School of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts. August 19, 1911   16. LI Zheverzheyev. June 7, 1913   17. The "Union of Youth." November 16, 1913   18. AA Mayakovsky. November 23, 1913   19. L., O. V. Mayakovsky. November 23, 1913   20. OV Mayakovsky. Around November 23, 1913   21. AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky. January 1, 1914   22. DD Burlyuk. 1 - January 3, 1914   23. OV Mayakovsky. The first of February 1914   24. Moscow's mayor. October 24, 1914   25. AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky. The first half of 1915 (?)   26. AA, OV, LV Mayakovsky. August 21, 1915   27. AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky. Not earlier than October 8, 1915   28. L. V. Mayakovsky. October 20, 1915   29. AA Mayakovsky. November 9, 1915   30. AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky. April 24, 1916   31. AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky. June 29, 1916   32. AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky. September 1916 (?)   33. E. Yu Tirol. October 12, 1916   34. AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky. December 1916   35. E. Yu Tirol. February 5, 1917   36. L. Yu, M. Brik. September 25, 1917   37. AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky. October 30 - the beginning of November 1917   38. L. Yu, M. Brik. Mid-December 1917   39. L. Yu, M. Brik. Mid-January 1918   40. Lili. Until March 15, 1918   41. Lili. End of March 1918   42. OV Mayakovsky. July 15, 1918   43. Central Commission for the October celebrations device. 10 - October 12, 1918   44. AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky. End of 1918   45. In the State Publishing House board. October 20, 1920   46. In the State Publishing House board. November 5, 1920   47. In the State Publishing House board. November 5, 1920   48. KI Chukovsky. Around December 10, 1920   49. During the reign of the Union of drama and music writers. End of October - December 1920   50. The committee of the RCP (b) for printing. April 5, 1921   51. In the legal department of the Moscow City Council of Trade Unions. August 6, 1921   52. BF Malkin. August 17, 1921   53. N. Access. Around August 20, 1921

   54. NF stranger. Around August 20, 1921   55. Lili. November 2, 1921   56. Lili. November 28, 1921   57. Lili. December 19, 1921   58. NI Nikolaeva. February 1, 1922   59. OS Lithuania. February 22, 1922   60. Letter of Futurism. September 1, 1922   61. Head of Production Office "Higher Art" EV Ravdel. October 2, 1922   62. LV, A., O. V. Mayakovsky. The beginning of the 1920s.   63. OV Mayakovsky. The beginning of the 1920s.   64. AA Mayakovsky. The beginning of the 1920s. (?)   65. NF stranger. January 22, 1923   66. Osip Brik. End of April 1923   67. DD Burlyuk. September 15, 1923   68. Head "Mospoligrafom" NT Polyakov. Not later than the second half of November 1923   69. In publishing "Mospoligraf." December 29, 1923   70. Rodchenko. 1923 (?)   71. Lili. 14 - February 15, 1924   72. Lili. May 20, 1924   73. Lili. November 9, 1924   74. Lili. November 27, 1924   75. Lili. December 6, 1924   76. OV Mayakovsky. 1924   Of 77. In the newspaper "Izvestia". January 10, 1925   78. Organizers' meeting of the Left Front of Art. " January 17, 1925   79. Lili. May 25, 1925   80. Lili. June 2, 1925   81. Lili. June 9, 1925   82. Lili. 19 - June 20, 1925   83. Lili. June 22, 1925   84. Lili. July 3, 1925   85. Lili. Around July 15, 1925   86. AA, OV, LV Mayakovsky. Around July 15, 1925   87. DD Burlyuk. October 23, 1925   88. L., O. V. Mayakovsky. November 9, 1925   89. Lili. February 20, 1926   90. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. March 15, 1926   91. In literary and art department the State Publishing House, April 12, 1926   92. In Theatre. Sun Meyerhold. The first half of April 1926   93. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. May 30, 1926   94. In the newspaper the "Lighthouse of the commune." 6 - July 7, 1926   95. Lili. July 8, 1926   96. AA Mayakovsky. July 15, 1926   97. Lili. July 15, 1926   98. VA Katanyanom. August 3, 1926   99. In Mosfinotdel. August 26, 1926   100. In Mosfinotdel. September 3, 1926   101. HFSA board member BJ Lifshitz. September 29, 1926   102. In the provincial tax commission. October 30, 1926   103. Lili. November 29, 1926   104. Power of Attorney ER Korinets. April 14, 1927   105. Vaclav Petru. April 25, 1927   106. Lili. May 7, 1927   107. Power of Attorney PI Lavut. June 26, 1927

   108. PI Lavut. July 18, 1927   109. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. July 22, 1927   110. PI Lavut. July 24, 1927   111. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. August 5, 1927   112. Lili. August 10, 1927   113. N. Smolich. 22 - August 23, 1927   114. Lili. August 26, 1927   115. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. August 28, 1927   116. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. September 27, 1927   117. Power of Attorney PI Lavut. October 5, 1927   118. N. Smolich. Mid-October 1927   119. In the Lenin Institute. October 20, 1927   120. In the Provincial Directorate of literature and publishing. October 1927   121. NB Khmelnitsky. November 1, 1927   122. In the factory club "Dynamo". November 19, 1927   123. Osip Brik. November 22, 1927   124. AA Mayakovsky. November 27, 1927   125. To the Editor of the Tiflis newspaper. 10 - December 11, 1927   126. In the pop section of the Moscow society of dramatic authors and composers. January 10, 1928   127. PI Lavut. January 19, 1928   128. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. February 14, 1928   129. Power of Attorney PI Lavut. February 14, 1928   130. JA Bogachinskomu. 12 - March 15, 1928   131. Head of the State Publishing House AB Khalatov. March 15, 1928   132. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. March 16, 1928   133. VE Meyerhold. May 12, 1928   134. Head of Main Department for the Arts RSFSR People's Commissariat of AI Svidersky. June 25, 1923   135. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. End of June 1928   136. PI Lavut. July 21, 1928   137. VM Citizen. July 21, 1928   138. People's Commissar of Education Lunacharsky. Not later than July 23, 1928   139. To the Editor of "Crocodile". After July 23, 1928   140. Chairman of the Board HFSA IO Vorobiev. July 25, 1928   141. To the Editor of "The Red Virgin Soil." August 16, 1928   142. In the General Administration of literature and publishing. August 25, 1928   143. In the Leningrad Provincial Directorate of literature and publishing. September 10, 1928   144. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. October 8, 1928   145. Lili. October 20, 1928   146. Lili. October 29, 1928   147. Lili. November 12, 1928   148. Power of Attorney PI Lavut. December 17, 1928   149. In literary and art department the State Publishing House. January 9, 1929   150. In the General Administration of literature and publishing. May 12, 1929   151. Power of Attorney PI Lavut. May 12, 1929   152. The head of the literary and art department Gosizdat GB Sandomierz. June 2, 1929   153. Head of the State Publishing House AB Khalatov. June 10, 1929   154. DI Maryanozu. June 22, 1929   155. The agreement with DI Maryamovym. June 22, 1929   156. PI Lavut. July 17, 1929   157. In the General Administration of literature and publishing. September 24, 1929   158. In the State Publishing House. October 2, 1929

   159. In the Moscow Provincial Directorate of literature and publishing. Beginning in October 1929   160. In the State Publishing House. December 27, 1929   161. The board Izhora plant. January 1, 1930   162. In the Russian Association of Proletarian Writers. January 3, 1930   163. To the Editor of "Komsomolskaya Pravda". 11 - January 13, 1930   164. VV Lyutse. February 2, 1930   165. In State Library of the USSR. Lenin. February 23, 1930   166. Lili. March 19, 1930   167. In the Moscow Society of dramatic writers and composers. End of March 1930   168. All. April 12, 1930

1L. V. Mayakovsky  [Kutaisi, February 2, 1905]   Dear Luda! How are you? I finally met with the Baghdad air and I write to you. I went for a few days in Baghdad, because, in the words of the local Georgians, we have in Kutaisi was the "punta". In Baghdad, there is nothing new. I went to the city, and I accidentally had to go through the boulevard, and met two young ladies, one of them was a schoolgirl, maybe a fake. They noticed out loud that which I can only take the time and that, I think that I have a lot of things. I replied that I also believe that a schoolboy should be more action than the street singer, so he said, but because they have something to hum. I bought the alcohol lamp burn out and learn. Write more often. My apologies for the error. I kiss you hard. Loving your brotherVolodya.   19 2 / February 05  

2L. V. Mayakovsky  [Kutaisi, 12 - October 14, 1905]Dear Luda!   Forgive me, please, I'm not writing for so long. How are you? Do you have classes? We had a five-day strike, and after high school was closed for four days, as we sang in the church of La Marseillaise. In Kutaisi 15th riots are expected because there will be a set of new recruits. 11th there was a strike of cooks. Seen from the papers that you have a big trouble. Koptev and director of the leave. Koptev after the 20th would go to Moscow, but Sasha got sick sort of fever. Forgive me, please, for the error (if any). Write.   I kiss you hard.Your brotherVolodya.  3L. V. Mayakovsky[Kutaisi, November 1905]Dear Luda!   We have received your letter of the 1st and now all sat down to write. While in Kutaisi was okay, but the real high school and went on strike, and what was on strike: the school were sent to the gun, and did even better live. Guns put into the yard, saying that the first cry will not leave a stone unturned. The new "brilliant victory" was committed by the Cossacks in the city of Tiflis. There was a procession with the portrait of Nicholas and ordered schoolboys to remove their hats. In opposition to high-school students Cossacks responded with bullets. Two days went on a beating. The first victory over tsarist bashi-bazouks was won in Guria, where these dogs were killed about two hundred.   Kutaisi is also arming the streets, and only hear the sounds of La Marseillaise. Here, too, sang "You fell victim to" when served a memorial service for Trubetskoy and Tiflis workers.   Write to me too.   I kiss you hard.Your brotherVolodya  4O. V. Mayakovsky  [Moscow, July 14, 1907]Dear Olga!   Just received your letter and I hasten to answer, not after not find the time. Thank you for the compliments. His birthday spent well, just another day at the thought of it. You write that you are enjoying your life - happy for you, I'm sitting at home or something I read or teach lessons and cursing God for Babel. He wanted to destroy the tower, he mixed the languages, and I suffer for it and taking lessons from God's logic does not! Medvedev has spent time as, and in general they have spent: ate, drank, slept, bathed, walked, read, and occasionally worked. Yesterday I received a letter from Misha Stavrakova. He writes that

winter will come to all three brothers, and asks us to a room. Dunkel moved away, I'm with them after your departure was seen only once. Luda now Petrovsky-Razumovsky, recently went to Medvedev. Our weather is crap: you can not go anywhere, twenty times a day is changing in this regard, I envy you. Well, that's no more to write about. Write to me, come.   Goodbye.   I kiss you hard,your brotherVolodya.   14/VII- 907.  5DIRECTOR Stroganov School of Industrial Art  [Moscow, January 14, 1909]His Excellency Mr. Director-General of the Stroganov School of Industrial Art  Apprentice 1st ClassVladimir MayakovskyPetition   After reviewing the program, the Stroganov School, I found a possible pass the exams for the five classes in general subjects, and therefore humbly beg your excellency <allow) to pass them in the month of May. Additional items also go along with the rest of the school pupils.Vladimir Mayakovsky.   January 14, 1909.  6L. V. Mayakovsky  {Moscow, the second half of January 1909]Dear Luda!   They arrested me on the day I left home at 11 o'clock in the morning, on the street. Arrested by God knows what, quite unexpectedly seized on the street, searched and sent to the site. I sit back in Suschevke, in the chamber have 3 people (of all political 9). The food is or, rather, to feed very well. Immediately begin to prepare for the subjects and, if they allow, then hard to draw. In the meantime, I ask you this: Bring me a pillow, blanket, towel, that is, from clothes, sheets, pillow cases, tooth powder, brush, mirror, comb, handkerchiefs and a black shirt, then the following books (poroysya me, find that is, and who do not, ask Sergei, Vladimir, Hozi or other friends). Algebra and geometry of David, Caesar, Latin grammar <Inskaya> Nikiforov, Keizer German grammar, German vocabulary, a small booklet on the German <th> Ibsen's language (it is on my shelf), Kraevicha physics, the history of Russian literature Savodnika and a program for preparing for matriculation. From books to read as follows: Chelpanov psychology, logic, Minto, the history of modern Russian literature (whose - I do not remember, she was lying on my desk), "Introduction to Philosophy" Kyulpe, "Dialectical Studies" Untermana and "Nature of the work of man" Dietzgen. All these books you will find in my room. Then ask, not whether there will be, Vladimir and Sergei, a second volume of "Capital" Marx, "Introduction to Philosophy" and

the writings of Tolstoy Chelpanov or Dostoyevsky. All of these books fetch myself or have someone bring me Suschevku, bring not all at once, of course, but little by little. Then ask the address of Sergei Mikhailovich Victor, which I drew a poster, go there, ask for money (ask for 8 rubles), and if you need something middle of painting, do it, please. On the money buy a watercolor at the school, always with a box, and then a folder for drawing, but, please, tear, a notepad, so what I had before, of medium size (1 p. Since 25 - 1 p. 75 k), you can get it at Petrovka, the stationery store, it seems Grinblat, two rubber, three pencils and a penknife, I have it on the table. Try so that the ruble remained 3 - 5, and came to me, money is needed. Pick up the economy, and gradually start living. Go to the secret police: you mom and Ole will give a date. Meetings are on Thursdays and rose <enyam>.   Well, goodbye.   Kisses to all you hard, and kiss for me and my mother Olga, for me not to worry, because the new case can not attract me, as innocent and pure I am the Archangel Aki. Bowing his comrades, though not forgotten.Volodya.     P. S. If you find (try to), then bring Gnedich "Art History", Mutera "History of Painting in the 19th century," if there is, bring it on someone else, and if not, then at the very least, those that lie in my chest only wrapped in paper.   Who is talking to the caretaker. Allowed to bring ink and paint, but that all supplies were small, and even uncomfortable. Yes, bring more, and two brushes. Well, take for a class, the situation is right. I sit now with the student technologist 4th year, who knows German and draws a little bit.   Books shalt always a little, or not pass.   Bring on the 4 - 7.  7In the Moscow Okhrana  [Moscow, February 8, 1909]  In the Moscow Okhrana  ContainedSuschevsky house when the policeVladimir Mayakovsky  Statement     I humbly ask you to call me in the Okhrana to give additional testimony.Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.   February 8, 1909  8In the Moscow Okhrana  [Moscow, July 16, 1909]

In the Moscow Okhrana  ContainedButcher with polyC <Eysk> homeVladimir Mayakovsky  Petition     Due to the fact that I need to continue classes started, I beg you to allow me to pass the necessary paint supplies.Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.   July 16, 1909.  9In the Moscow Okhrana  [Moscow, August 24, 1909]  In the Moscow Okhrana  Containeda transit at the Central Prisonpolitical prisoner, a noblemanVladimir Mayakovsky  Petition     Due to the fact that the security department and there and, of course, there can be no facts or even evidence, pointing to my touch to the acts attributed to me the secret police, in my completely intact ascribed to easy for me to make sure to check the facts, which were given me during the interrogation as proof of my innocence - I beg you to consider my case and let me go free.   Please also Okhrana during my stay in central transit prison to allow me to walk total.Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.   August 24, 1909  10Moscow's mayor  [Moscow, October 7, 1909]  His Excellency Mr. Moscow governor  Containedat the Central Transit Prisonpolitical prisoner, a noblemanVladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.

     I have the honor most humbly request your Excellency to consider my case and execute the following request. July 2 this year, I came to the apartment of Elena Alekseevna Tikhomirova House, Loktev on Meshchanskaya Street, Apt. 9, to get some work in their specialty, ie, the drawing part, and was detained by the police ranks, who were there for the arrest of the tenant, who lived in the apartment. When questioned in the security department, I have a target arrival in the apartment above and on the way were held days before the arrest. All these facts can easily be verified, and thus proved my complete immunity to prescribed, but despite all this, I am now three months and five days I was in prison and put it in a very difficult position, because, first, missed exams at school and, thus, lost the whole year, and secondly, each day of continued stay in custody puts me at greater and greater need for the perfect maintenance of the school, and thus the loss of a long and hard work of previous years, in- Third, I lost all the work, gave me some sort of income, and, finally, fourth, my health starts to become loose and appeared neurasthenia and anemia do not allow me to conduct any work. In view of the above, that is, my complete innocence and the consequences of those conclusions, which are becoming every day harder and harder, I beg your Excellency to disassemble my business and let me go free.Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.   October 7, 1909  11In the Moscow Okhrana  [Moscow, October 27, 1909]  In the Moscow Okhrana  Containedat the Central Transit Prisonpolitical prisonerVladimir Mayakovsky  Statement     Given that, according to my Security Department on 27 October, my case was transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I beg you to allow me to walk a total, since the bath lead the prisoners of 10 (ten) persons, and, therefore, sees a much larger number of persons than the general walking, which displays all four.Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.   October 27, 1909

12In the Moscow Okhrana  [Moscow, November 18, 1909]

  In the Moscow Okhrana  Containedat the Central Transit Prisonpolitical prisonerVladimir Mayakovsky  Statement     I beg you to allow me Okhrana overall walk.Vladimir Mayakovsky.   November 18, 1909  13DIRECTOR School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture  [Moscow, August 3, 1910].  Lord of the Director of the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture  From a gentlemanVladimir VladimirovichMayakovsky  Petition     I have the honor to humbly ask for approval for me to competitive examinations for admission to a free visitor at the initial class of the art department of the School.   At the same time introduce a metric birth certificate and three photographs of.   I have the permit: Moscow, New Bozhedomka House, Sergeeva, No 3, Flat No 11.Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.   August 3, 1910.  14Rector of the Higher Art School Academy of Fine Arts  [Moscow, August 12, 1911]  His Excellency Mr. Rector of the Higher School of Art at the Imperial Academy of Arts  NobleVladimir VladimirovichMayakovsky  Petition  

   I have the honor most humbly request your Excellency I have the approval of competitive examinations for admission to the number of volunteer painting department of the High School of Art at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Enclose herewith a petition: a notarized copy of birth certificate of birth and photographs of four, all the other documents which may need to present upon request.Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.     I have the permit: Moscow, 1st Maryinsky Lane, Building 12, Apt. 14.   August 12, 1911.  15Rector of the Higher Art School Academy of Fine Arts  [Moscow, August 19, 1911]  His Excellency Mr. Rector of the Higher School of Art at the Imperial Academy of Arts  NobleVladimir VladimirovichMayakovskyStatement     Because of you sent on the necessity for submission by August 20, sending the missing documents: birth certificate birth, certificate of degree (the formulary list of his father), the receipt of the application of a postscript to the recruiting area for No 19 and the receipt of the application for a certificate of due diligence No 249, issued by the Moscow mayor. Photographic same card and a copy of a birth certificate of birth is in the office of the Academy for the petition.Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.   August 19, 1911  16LI Zheverzheyev  [Moscow, June 7, 1913]  Dear Lucius I.!     He has released a new book, "I" - lithograph.   If possible, send you imposed <nym> fees for St. Petersburg.   Instance - 50 k discount 25 - 30%. Lyrics for "Youth Union" could not be sent - was later informed.Vladimir Mayakovsky.     P. S. Write down how many books to send.  17

The "Union of Youth"  [St. Petersburg, November 15, 1913]     I, the undersigned, convey to the Society of Artists' Union of Youth, "his tragedy" Vladimir Mayakovsky "for performances in St. Petersburg in the season 1913 - 1914. Staging is according to my instructions, and under my personal observation of the whole artistic part of the play. (My observation period and amount of remuneration for the signified is established in accordance with the "Union of Youth.") Fee pospektaklnaya 50 (fifty) rubles for each evening.Vladimir Mayakovsky.   November 16, 1913.18AA MAYAKOVSKY  [St. Petersburg, November 23, 1913]     My dear, dear mother! I miss you to. Will have to live in St. Petersburg (December 2, the first performance of my tragedy.) Well, how are your eyes?   I am healthy, but work on the throat. For the first time - a whole day. I'm happy.   -Mom, ask for the evidence to go to college Olga, and money, please send me here, and then I'll go to the first fly and sit on a bank. Mommy, please, as you have.   Whole firm, firmly you Olu, Luda.Volodya.     My address is: St. Petersburg, Pushkin Str., Hotel Palais Royal, No 126.  1919 LV, O. V. Mayakovsky  [St. Petersburg, November 23, 1913]  Dear Lyudochka and Olichka!   Write. I miss you. Right. For days and nights busy. Rehearsals, lectures, lectures, concerts, concerts, rehearsals, etc. avail. I kiss you all, and in turn,brother Volodya.     My address is: St. Petersburg, Pushkin, gsstin <Itza> Palais Royale, No 126.  20O. V. Mayakovsky  [St. Petersburg, about November 23, 1913]  Sweetheart Olichka!   I send a note to school. Healthy. The mass of the theater. E-mail.   I kiss you, mother, and Luda.

Your Volodya.     P. S. Ask your mom to mom always sent me here as soon as money.  21AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky  [Simferopol, January 1, 1914]  Dear Mom, Lyudochka and Olichka.     Happy New Year and Christmas!   How are you? I am healthy and happy, traveled to the Crimea, spitting into the Black Sea, and does the reading poems and lectures. After a week or two will be in Moscow. Today I'm in Simferopol, Sevastopol, and hence in the next, until not finishing up and then you kiss all tight. I am your son, brother, and so on. and so on.Volodya.   1/I--14 city, symphony <eropol>.  2022 D. Burliuk  [Simferopol, 1 - 3 January 1914]     Dear David Davidovich. Seventh night. Leave must Simferopol, Dolgorukovskaya seventeen, Sidorov. Translating fifty. Arrange a tour. Telegraph.Mayakovsky.  23O. V. Mayakovsky  [Moscow, the first of February 1914]  Dear Olichka!   Today I had to urgently go to a lecture in the LOTS (moved a number), do not even have time to go home. A horrible beast! Day three or four will be back in Moscow.   I kiss you hard, and my mom and Lyudochka.Volodya.  24Moscow's mayor  [Moscow, October 24, 1914]  Lord of the Moscow governor  Noble

Vladimir VladimirovichMayakovsky  Petition     I beg you to give me a certificate of reliability for admission as a volunteer in the army. I beg to enclose a certificate issued to me from the third part of the site Presnenskaya No 4170.Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.   October 24, 1914.     I have the permit: B. Presnya, etc. No 36, Apt. 24.  25AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky     [Petrograd, the first rug in 1915 (?)]  Dear Mom, Lyudochka, Olichka!   Thank you for your letter. I live nothing. Drink, eat, sleep, dressed and shod. As for my affairs, then as long as I do about it do not know. Anyway, while all indications are that I'll make good. I'll come there soon in Moscow, I do not know: How will the circumstances. Everything important is, of course, immediately write to you. You do not mind, please.   I do not write because my character is infamous, as the letter from you I look forward to.   I kiss you all deeply.Your Volodya.

26AA, O., L. V. Mayakovsky  [Petrograd, August 21, 1915]  Dear Mom, Olichka and Lyudochka!   I'm terribly healthy. I live in St. Petersburg. I try so far to establish the winter some combination of money. Do not be angry with me, I'm terribly handsome.Kisses to all.Your Volodya.  27AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky  [Petrograd, no earlier than October 8, 1915]Dear Mom, Lyudochka and Olichka!   Only now my ordeal ended the call, I hasten to write to you and calm.   I called and was taken to the Petrograd automotive school, where I identified the drawing as a skilled and experienced draftsman.

   Worry about me does not follow. After working at the school I can do all those activities, which led in the past.   My address remains the same. Write about yourself. How are you?I kiss you all deeply.Volodya.     Will send their "military" card.  28L. V. Mayakovsky  [Petrograd, October 20, 1915]Dear Lyudochka!   Thank you very much for your kind and affectionate letter.   I obmundirovyvayus and arrange. It takes a lot of time and nerves. Tired decently.   Luda Sweetheart, are you a letter asking me if I do not need the money. Unfortunately, it is necessary and very much. I am now myself, have to buy uniforms, I do it on their money. So you need. So long as that pretty confused.   Based thereof, appeal to you with a huge request: Send me 25 rubles - 30. If this amount it is difficult, how much you can. Apologies for the terrible request, but nothing helped. In the future, obviously, would be good.   My address is the same: the Palais-Royal.   Money please, if you can send as soon as possible.   While there is no news.   I sent you my new book.   Kisses to all you hard.Your Volodya.     Do not forget.   20th.  29AA MAYAKOVSKY  [Petrograd, November 9, 1915]Dear Mom.   How healthy I am still good. I work also continues. Moved from the Palais Royal. So email me now at this address:. Zhukovsky, etc. No 7, apt. No 42, Quarterly <ira> Brik, for Mayakovsky. Dear Mom, I have to you a tremendous favor. Redeem and send me a winter coat, and, if possible, a change of warm clothes and some headscarves. If you are not too difficult, then, please do. Write, Mama, of course.   Kiss and Lyudochka Olichku. I kiss you all deeply.Your Volodya.  30AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky  

[Petrograd, April 24, 1916]My dear Mother, and Lyudochka Olichka!   Thanks for the memory: the parcel was very pleased. My business as usual. The only difference is that now accounts for a lot of work (hours of nine - ten). But that's nothing, just for the benefit, because I'm healthy and my mood is very good.   How Lyudochka spends his vacation? Ask her to write me. Olichka too: scolds me for a short letter, and she writes postcard.   Write to me and more.I kiss you hard.Your Volodya.  2431, AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky  [Petrograd, June 29, 1916]Lovely and dear Mother, and Lyudochka Olichka!   I drove to Petrograd chic. Until now, healthy, young, handsome and happy.   A lot of work: work hard now, yesterday was the 32R heat. Do not forget me. Write more and more.   I kiss you all deeply.Your Volodya.32AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky  [Petrograd, September 1916 (?)]Dear Mom, Lyudochka, Olichka!   I kiss you all deeply. I am healthy. I live better than others, but it is not so bad. Thanks for sending, ate wonderful.   Do not read, if possible, stupid newspapers and clippings not send. Pies which taste better and funnier.   I got leave until mid-October. I'll come later in Moscow. First, try to dress a little bit.   How to find us and how Olichka Lyudochkiny business?   I work a lot.   Do not scold me for being a scoundrel, that is rarely write. Honestly, I'm, in essence, a very nice person.   I moved to another room. While writing the old address at Zhukovsky, Brick.Kisses to all hard.Volodya.  33E. Yu Tirol  [Petrograd, October 12, 1916]Dear Elik!   And glad not to respond to your letter, but perhaps not to such a gentle answer?   I am very sorry that I can not in the near future to come to Moscow - it is necessary to postpone his relentless desire to hang you for your moodiness. The only thing that can save

you, it's very likely to come and personally I have to beg forgiveness.

   Elik, however, get ready soon!   I smoke.   This completes my public and private activities.   Forgive me for a few shy tone of the letter, because this is the first in my life twenty-three lyrical message.   Answer me at once, and even if you can, a few letters, I razlakomilsya.   I kiss you, two or three times, loving you alwaysUncle Volodya.     I am glad that you put over your point and.  34AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky  [Petrograd, December 1916]Dear Mom, Lyudochka and Olichka!   I congratulate you all on holidays. I really want to Moscow.   In early January, I'm allowed to leave for a week. I'll come to you.   Vykroyte (if possible), I place a piece of bed.   Kisses to all.   See you soon.Loving Volodya.  35E. Yu Tirol  [Petrograd, February 5, 1917]There's a house in the alley all in boxes;It is the right of the Pyatnitskaya.And there is crap on chicken legsLives and letters I'm not sending.Alexander PushkinCute and expensive Elik!   What is it? Write. Miss you.Whole lot,Uncle Volodya.  36L. Yu, M. BRIC  [Moscow, September 25, 1917]My dear face, dear Oska!   I kiss you at the beginning of the letter, but not in the end, as it should be: do not wait! What do you have? Happy people who have been in this fabulous country, called "you", get off, scum, the classic phrase: "Lily as Lily."

   Yesterday read. There was a full collection, but, unfortunately, not money, and good friends. The report could go and not with the cold, "citizens", but with a gentle "Dear Abram V., Elsa, and Lev!"   I live in Presnya. Feed and walk on tiptoe.   The first - well, the second - is worse. Family genius. Averchenko bit.   Will or invented something with a trip to the village, I do not know.   First, my friend Nick here.   Children, cute, write!   Whole. Your fattening Volodya.   25/IX.Everyone! Everyone! Everyone!Hey.Poster b. Like "War and Peace"?  37AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky  [Petrograd, October 30 - the beginning of November 1917]Dear Mom, Lyudochka and Olichka!   Very glad that you all are safe and healthy. Everything else is compared to this nonsense. I already wrote to you (letter conveyed through a friend). Now, once again passing through a friend Muscovite; mail is now not trust it.   I am healthy. I have a big and good news: I was completely freed from military service, so I'm a free man again. Month 2 - 3 will dwell in Petrograd. I will work and treat your teeth and nose. Then he'll pick e to Moscow, and after thinking to go south for the final repair.   I kiss you all deeply.Your Volodya.   Write!  38 L. Yu, M. BRIC  [Moscow, mid-December 1917]  Dear, dear Lilik! Dear, dear Osik!"Where are you, a welcome,where, answer me. "     Having put all the grief of a young soul in the epigraph, moved to the facts.   Moscow, as they say, is a juicy, fruit nalivshiysya (s) that Dodya, Kamensky and I jealously breaks. Main place of tearing - "Cafe Poetry."   Coffee shops are still very nice and cheerful office. ("Dog" the first time for fun!) The people jam. Sawdust on the floor. On the stage we have (now I - and Bob to Dodya born <ETS> left. Huzhee.) Publishes a helmet to hell. Divide the money at midnight. That's it.   Futurism in great favor.

   Appearances mass. On born <ETS> will be "Christmas Tree Futura <surfers>". Then, "Selection of the three victors of poetry." 'm Talking about reading at the Polytechnic, "Man."   All turned the.   Mass of fun, but unfortunately, due to mimic wordlessness characters. Imagine, for example <Imer>, Vysotsky, and Marants Shatilova (banks are closed, then surely!), Listen carefully Dodichkino "He loved the awful flies that have a fat ass."   Millions of new people. Tolkuchey mindlessly. Surrounded by maternal solicitude Lev, southern Fund peacefully and quietly growing. To the south is still difficult.   How Lilichkina Room, ACIS, the Academy and other important things? I read in the "New Life" noble souls Oskin letter. I would like to get the same.   I live: Moscow, Petrovka Saltykovsky per. "San Remo", because the No 2. Vladimir Mayakovsky.   I will often go beyond the outskirts of the village, and sad, emaciated palm closing slanting rays of the setting sun, gazing into the distance, you see a cloud of dust in the familiar figure of the postman. Do not drive me to it!   Lilinku whole.   Oska whole.Your Volodya.   Paz and Shura my applause.   Hi Paul and Nyusha.

39 L. Yu, M. BRIC  [Moscow, mid-January 1918]  Dear, dear, dear Lilik.Dear, dear, dear Osyuha.   Prior to the 7th, I was waiting for you (clever, yet did not go to the station). This means that you will not. Loew received from you sad. What's the matter, dear? E-mail, please! And I am also a human being.   I have the old way. I live like a gypsy romance: a day littered the night caress the ear. Cafe omerzelo me. Small klopovnichek. Ehrenburg and Vera Inber a little more like the poets, but also on their activities properly noticed Kayransky:     Wild howls Ehrenburg   Approves Inber game of it.     I razvystupalsya. There was a "Christmas tree futurists" at the Polytechnic. Narodischu was like in Soviet demonstrations. By the early evening it became clear that the 4-declared on the bill will not Burliuk, Kamensky, and Goltsshmit refuses. Rotisserie knob itself. Weirdly remember. I read in the circus. Strange. Henkin booed with his jokes, and I listened, and how! In late January, I read in the Polytechnic, "Man."   Boyko trading books. "A Cloud in Trousers" - 10 p., "Flute" - 5 p. Fired at an auction, "War and Peace" - 140 p. Taking into consideration the price of wine in a hotel lacks.   All the women love me. All the men I respect. All women are sticky and boring. All men are scoundrels. Loew, of course, neither man nor woman.

   In the South-r-r-r-r!   Write!   How Lichikino knee?   I kiss you all a hundred times.Your Volodya.     Rvus publish "The Man" and Cloud enlarged. Seems to come out. Your letter received on 4 January.  40 Lili  [Moscow, 15 March 1918]  Dear, dear, dear brutally Lilik!   From now on, I no one can blame the fact that I did not read - I always read your letter.   I do not know whether I formed of this, but I have fun.   If you treat me like your schenenka, we'll tell you straight - I do not envy you, you schenenok unimportant: the edge outwards, coat, of course, tufts, and red around the eyes, specifically, to whisk away a tear, a long peeling ear.   Naturalists say that schenenki always become so if they give to other people's unloving hands.   I do not go anywhere.   From women otsazhivayut chair for three or four - not used then breathed harmful.   Rescue myself edition. From nine in the printing. Now publish "The newspaper futurists."   Thanks for the book. By the way, I combined with a relatively Dodey landscape taken you, so I do I give it to you.   Right in your little book written two stihotvor <eniya>. Much will send in a newspaper (which you like) - "Our march", but a little:     Spring     The city removed the winter.   Snow dismissed salivating.   Once spring came,   stupid and garrulous as a cadet.     Vladimir Mayakovsky.     This, of course, run.   More than anything, wants to see you. If you go away to not vidyas me going bad. Write to me, my child. Farewell, my dear Ray! I kiss you, my dear, good, good.Your Volodya.     This no longer kiss and bow to no one - is from the "you, Lily." How happy was put on "Man," "you, Lily!"  41

Lili  [Moscow, the end of March 1918]Dear Lilyonok and extraordinary!   Do not pain you, for Christ's sake! If Oska will not look behind you and deliver your lungs (this place had to stop and climb to you in a letter to find out how to spell, I wanted to "lehkiya") where you want, I'll bring to you the flat pine forest, and will hold office in the Oskina sea on my own discretion. If your thermometer will climb more than thirty six degrees, I have broken off all of his paws.   However, the arrival of the fantasy to you due to my general dreaminess. If my case, the nerves and health will go well, then your schenenok fall under the fence up and the stomach, legs slightly podrygav, God will give his gentle soul.   If a miracle happens, the two weeks I'll be with you!   Picture of the kinematics finish. Now I'm going to try in the pavilion freylihovskie pants. In the last act I'm dandy.   I do not write poems, even though you want to write something very heartfelt about the horse.   In the summer I would like to play with you in a movie. Would make for you a scenario.   The plan I have a one-time after his arrival. Somehow sure your consent. No pain. Write. I love you, my dear sunshine and warm.   Oska whole.   I embrace you crunch up the bones.Your Volodya.     P. S. (Nice, eh?) I'm sorry that I write on such a fine paper. She is from "Pitoreska," and they can not without sophistication.   Good thing they have in the dressing room of Cubism is not lit, and then b hardship.  42O. V. Mayakovsky  [Levashov, July 15, 1918]  My dear and darling Olichka!   You're sulking in vain. The point is the following. I do not live in St. Petersburg, and in the countryside, 50 miles away. When I received your first letter, I potelefonil brikovskoy servant, that she immediately sent you the money, knowing that it is in a hurry, and therefore he could not write anything on the transfer with all their desire. At first an occasion like to send you a letter, but is now away in the city do not travel, and I do not go, because in Peter terrible cholera. Today by chance I received your letter (came to my birthday) and the answer now. From all this you can infer that you are a pig, but I'm not, because you're angry.   I congratulate you, kitty, with the birth of an angel. I wish you to stay at the cottage and relax.   I live well.   Write about yourself.   Scary Mommy kiss, and you Lyudochka.

Your Volodya.   July 15, 1918 Levashovo     Write to the previous address Brik. This letter does not reach.   I was here before the hocus milk (six cups a day) that if I grow udders, tell my mother, so was not surprised.  43CENTRAL COMMISSION ON OCTOBER DEVICE CELEBRATIONS  [Moscow, 10 - October 12, 1918]Central Commission for the October celebrations device     A summary of my "Mystery-Bouffe" and motives, requiring its production in the days of the October celebration.     Preface.   A lady asked Tolstoy to tell her what exactly he meant by his "War and Peace." "To do this, - replied the resourceful Tolstoy - the second time would have to write it, and if some of my stuff set out briefly, then I congratulate them - they are more talented than me. If I could fit in a few lines of what I say volumes, then I would have done it before. "   Our position is approximately the same. Get out of it - one way: listen to the whole thing, but you do not have the time, and I will fulfill your requirement, comrades, setting forth briefly my "mystery."   1 d <Actions>. The entire universe is filled with a flood of revolution. By the latter has a dry point to the pole, climb seven pairs of clean intimidated. And the Turkish pasha, and a Russian merchant, and the emperor, and pop, and so <s> and so <s> white representatives of all five parts of the world. And behind them, intimidated, and aching, rising seven pairs of unclean - the proletarians who have nothing left to drown in the storm. A fun and easy listening collection of tongue-tied, they clean, in terror dispute: what is it, finally, the end of the world, I suppose. And when, catching fleeing the rebellion, and through the pole begins to beat is the same blood flow, net clutching the last straw: "Come on, let's build the ark!" Some will be saved. Without these mocks unclean. Carpenter's mocking voice: "Do you know how to saw and plane?" - Svolakivaet honored with the cloud - and humbly asked, "Sirs clean" "impure companions" to do the construction site. "To go so go by" - agrees cold carpenter.   2 d <Actions>. Under the cry of pure and impure laughter crashed into the waves of the earth. Unclean, singing, down into the hold. What are they afraid of food - the case of their hands. Spreading watered, clean fun listening to songs, and the hungry there is a plan to plant an unclean pig, choose them a king. "Then the king will publish a manifesto - all my dishes, they say, should be given. King eats, we eat, his loyal subjects." Number passed. But when the net return to the king, who svolakivali selected from unclean food, the king shone empty dish. At night, broke the famine. The night wet. And every pure feeling, that he seemed a little Democrat. For autocracy - a democratic republic. But "before fress one mouth, and now fress company. Republic, it was the same king, but only storoty." Under the mighty fists of unclean bottoms to the side of crowd-friendly and has been dumped glitter heels into the water white. From this point of scary fun teasing us with some of the

autocracy and the republics are replaced by the pathos of the struggle of the proletariat thunderstorm. Hover over the deck rail words: "Let us storm hit, let roast heat, hunger, let's look in his eyes. We eat sea foam one, but we are all masters." In the delirium of Ararat, exhaustion, hunger, broken - because the republic and the monarchy had eaten recently - all begin to see the shining hill. Then the waves, as by land, is not in the ark of Christ, experienced in such classes, no, but most ordinary people. Becoming the machines, benches, and kilns, he overthrows the great Sermon on the Mount of the coming of an earthly paradise. Inflamed visions of working as a prophet, a stretch for him. But the sarcastic voice of a man. "Quite the prophets stared eye, blow up everything that was honored and revered, and the Promised Land will be at hand - right here." The man disappeared. And guessed right - but this was our own, in human form of which was the will. Vow to find the Promised Land illuminates the sea, and the masts and reyam climb, they rumble song uprising, bursting through the sky, through heaven and hell, in the rosy door of communism. "Do not the prophets, we are Nazarenes, the mast! On the mast! For yards! For yards!"   3 d <Actions>. I, II and III cards <ins>. Past residents of paradise, enticing her lean air past the hell in which a worker might have enough daring to make fun of his fires, such paltry compared with the glow of stalelitnyh plants, breaking down everything, moving his indomitable will, come to the promised land unclean. The same land was abandoned by the promised country. "Round Earth cursed, oh, and is round." But in vain they rushed curse the earth, - revolutions, washed and dried baked new suns, she appeared in a dazzling splendor, in which life can be drawn only to us, clearly discriminating in all the horrors of another great day of life. The apotheosis of the slim of the Psalms, in which the choir stood up workers and recent slaves of the ruble, involuntary oppressors: the machine, bread, etc. <s> things over the picture. "With Love Cling to the ground all the road who she is. Glorious work, glory of life, glory, and shine on our labor commune!"   The motives and conclusion.   Of course not-this dry skeleton of a newspaper is doing my thing necessary. It is, I believe, is great because the first time in chanting revolutionary mysteries shifted weekdays. I could not agree with Comrade Lunacharsky, it may be the only currently play a Communist. I am convinced that you, comrades, give it a proper theater shell, releasing any of the larger rooms, but not pound it into the backyard of your attention, giving the proletariat does not eat rotten trafaretschinoy them and not for them [the created art, unfortunately, still "shining "in theaters.   Let him feast day is celebrated proletarian proletarian play.Vladimir Mayakovsky.  44AA, L., O. V. Mayakovsky  [Petrograd, the end of 1918]  My dear Mother, and Lyudochka Olichka!   Excuse me, please, that I still have not written. The reason, first, total - my perpetual lazy attitude to writing letters, and secondly, all the time I was going to go to you myself, but now the railways no one can go, except sprats, accustomed to the package. And since I am your son and brother, and not sprats, then you know.

   Merry Christmas and new years, two at once.   I wish you the first category of unconsolidated and other benefits.   I work here a lot and well and did not complain.   E-mail.   I kiss you all. Hopefully see you soon.Loving you is your Volodya.  45The College of the State Publishing House  [Moscow, October 20, 1920]In college GosizdatComrades!   Six months ago I was put in the LITO book "150 million".   The book was criticized by LITO and received an exceptional response, as propaganda, revolutionary thing. Since then, six months, I knocked at doors and every time I hear stereotyped answer: "Tomorrow will be put into print."   Called comrade. Weiss, I have today received assurances from him that the book has been put into print. It remains only to apply to the technical department. In this very technical department secretary when I remade the red ink figure of the "first and foremost" the number "Three" and told me that during the third stage of the date of printing can be said.   Comrades! If this book from your point of view, unnecessary and useless, return it to me.   If she needed sabotage eradicated, otherwise how to explain it nepechatane when waste paper book, published by speculators who manages to go out in two weeks.Vladimir Mayakovsky.The copy in the LITO.   Mr. 20/X—20

46The College of the State Publishing House  [Moscow, November 5, 1920]  In college Gosizdat  Comrades!   About two weeks ago I gave you a statement in which he asked me back "150 million", or print and soft to the book described as sabotage. The word is, of course, unimportant. Called it all a mockery of the author. That's consistent account of events.   A. On the day of submission of the application, Mr. Weiss sternly and angrily said, "Oh, well! Then I will do my best to make your book was not published, and returned to you."   Two. At three o'clock the same day, Mr. Weiss has kindly informed me by telephone: "The book decided to print immediately, for details refer to the Head <eduyuschemu> tech <eskim> department."   Three. The head tech <eskim> Division said: "The book is sent immediately to the polygraph <gical> department and will be printed out of turn, as we are somewhat to blame for the delay. For details, go to tomorrow."

   4. "Tomorrow," the secretary told me to wonder: The line seems to be the second, when will print, it is unknown does not even have any information about it. "   Five. G Mr. Weiss, asked me when it's going to end feeding breakfast, graciously say, "Sorry, busy with the October celebrations. The first of November I give you my word of honor to put into print." I pointed out to Mr. Weiss said that the more faith I can not give a receipt. Mr. Weiss gave me a receipt:   "At the beginning of November (no later than 3 - 4) Mayakovsky book will be put into printing and will be typed and printed), without any delay. 27 / H. Signature (Weiss)."   The words "will be typed and printed" made specifically for my order, so I did not dupe the transfer in some instances.   6. Today, the 5th, I turned to his secretary: "Published?" - "No! In the printing department." - "And when printed to be?" - "It is not known, has no" cross ", and you see a list of books with crosses, these are first and foremost."   Comrades! Maybe even at the cost of a six-month walking I would and could make this "cross", but the courier career, Mr. Weiss I was not smiling.   In writing this book, I spent half the year. I refused to profit by selling this book a private publisher, I gave up authorship, blowing it and no name, and, having received the unanimous approval of LITO, that this book is exceptional, and agitation, may require careful attention to your book.   I'm not an asylum in the Russian literature, but rather of its benefactor. (After all, you have cultivated and published Proletcult sweats, copying by hand, "150 million.") And in the end I do not care, though the book does not appear in the original and plagiarism. But surely no one among you not realize that this mess?   Strongly demand - get the book. I apologize for the sharpness of tone - forced.Vlad. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 5/XI--20A copy of LITO, and Lunacharsky.  47The College of the State Publishing House  [Moscow, November 5, 1920]  Additionally, the board of the State Publishing HouseComrades!   Previous statement, written by me an hour ago, was filed by Comrade. Sachs. Tov. Sachs has reacted with disbelief to the "story of the crosses," and told me: "I do know that the orders of the State Publishing House better than yours. Who told you that your book, handed over to the printing department, will be there to lie because she was not cross?" Went to look for the Secretary, found on the stairs, he found himself, the question Ospovatom and Sachs replied: "Well, of course, will lie under a dusty cloth and, if they are not cross." Humiliated Sachs ran into the office, and comrade. Ospovat, seeing that I again took up the paper and politely warned me: "Do not write about me, and I will act according to instructions, without making a personal zeal, and then your book will lie any longer."   Merry story, is not it?Ow. Mayakovsky.   5/XI--20 was 2 h 15 m

A copy of LITO, and Lunacharsky.  48K. Chukovsky  [Petrograd, about December 10, 1920]  Dear Roots I..   Fortunately, in your letter is not a word of truth.   My "window satire" is not relevant, as a joke and nothing more. If that was the attitude - I would devote my criticism has long been in print.   Your letter is not based on the horribly on anything resentment.   And I think you are a man sincere, direct and simple and with no desire or reason to change the view, trying to convince you: quit!Vlad. Mayakovsky.   Throw!   Good-bye.  49In the MANAGEMENT OF THE UNION AND MUSICAL DRAMA WRITERS  [Moscow, the end of October - December 1920]  During the reign of the Union of writers of dramatic and musicalby Vladimir MayakovskyStatement   Please enroll with a ........... 1920 I was a member of the Union of dramatic and musical writers.   My works are as follows:   A. Mystery-Bouffe (five acts).   Two. About the priests (2 to <Artinian>).   Three. How to celebrate who and what (3 to <Artinian>)   4. What if (3 act).   Five. Vladimir Mayakovsky.   6. Championship.Vlad. Mayakovsky.     (Address) Lubyansky travel, 3, Apt. 12. (Phone) 2-86-13 (30-32)  50COMMISSION In the RCP (b) for the Press  [Moscow, April 5, 1921]     Each of us is clear a great need of the RSFSR in a revolutionary, a communist art. The need for such literature amazing. Theatre or carelessly eats carrion or rubbish of the past. Create a new literature is an organization of writers of the Revolution. The writer organizes

the book. The revolutionary, the book meets the State Publishing House or ultrabyurokraticheskoe or humiliating treatment.   The three illustrations:  Illustration of firstBureaucracy in a pure form     LITO decided to print the book "150 million". LITO, delivered precisely in order to understand the artistic issues> literature, this book as a certificated only propaganda and demanded its publication in the short term may, in the greatest possible number. Agitation was rejected. The book is packed with was some 3 or 4 of all, though she could not see the light in any case. Why then these queues? Began many months history with "cross", a cross - a marking that it was necessary to obtain for transferring the first (details on this story mocking outlined in my report to the board of People's Commissariat). I got cross. Lay with a cross. After a series of attacks, so I gave Weis an official receipt in the fact that the book will be released in late February, two weeks ago I received a second formal receipt with the obligation to release it by April 15. If (doubt it) the book comes out, you can celebrate the 10-month anniversary of the tape.   Notice. The book published in 5000 copies (clear to me for reassurance), whereas the average circulation of any published "propaganda" Hamsun's books such as "Virgin Soil," or "Drozhniny song" 25 - 50 000., And waste paper types - Deryabina "At the dawn of New World, "published in 100 000 copies.  Illustration of the secondNet bullying (poster with verses)     I presented to you posters on "Combating red tape" and "help Donbass". I pointed to the inability to print in the State Publishing House because of accusations of every living thing in the "futurism." You approved the two posters, the most successful. In any case, I sent the posters to Glavpolitput as an institution, for which most of these things might come up. I enclose a review Glavpolitput "On the bright propaganda" and the State Publishing House response: "Reject a pogrom."  Illustration of the thirdBureaucracy, mixed with mockery     I have filed a week ago the book "Mystery-Bouffe". The requirement for the publication of this play, even in the first edition (reworked the play in connection with the events of our days) recognized in the communist model TEO) repertoire, motivated by a long persistent demand from the working theater. The play turned down "for lack of paper," with a note "for review has been received." As can be rejected by the unseen book? Do not question the lack of paper, see the attached is a list of fifty thousandth edition of recycled paper? The more outraged by this attitude that the "Mystery" repeatedly "reviewed by" working in the areas where she had been reading my enthusiasm for the audience.   The question of production and the printing of it was discussed at a special meeting of representatives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, from the MC, from Glavpolitprosvet from the All-Rabkrin and other organizations and was unanimously

adopted the attached resolution, introduced by the Communists and adopted by the vote, which was attended by 82 communist. Are there any other work, which is able both to justify the requirement of publishing?   If a thing, so certified and promoted with such energy, can not swim out of the State Publishing House, what is done with other books that do not have relatives caught them out of baskets and gosizdatskih gosizdatskoy bureaucracy. Each author certifies that it is not an accident, and the system. We must liberate literature from economic management Veisov.Vladimir Mayakovsky.   5.V. '21  51The Law DepartmentMOSCOW CITY COUNCILTRADE UNIONS  [Moscow, August 6, 1921]  In the legal department MGSPSby Vladimir MayakovskyStatement   I draw your attention to the massacre, we make the State Publishing House of me - an employee of the poetic work.   A year ago, under the chairmanship of the People's Commissar Tsentrhudkol theatrical repertoire discussed the October festivities and recognized the "Mystery-Bouffe" one of the best plays and the first communist repertoire. Tov. Meyerhold took the statement. Staging could be made to the anniversary, and I spent several months reworking "mystery" to which I have been expended before the year of the poetic work. The play was read to the statement I have representatives of the Central Committee of the RCP, RCP, the All, the Workers' Glavpolitprosvet and other organizations interested in agitiskusstvom. After reading the play was accepted unanimously on a proposal of the Communists were present (85 pers.), The resolution demanded production of "Mystery" in all theaters of the RSFSR and the printing of it in the greatest possible number. The resolution was published in "Izvestia" and "Bulletin of the theater."   THEO Glavpolitprosvet, enclosing a resolution and the requirement of several workers and Red Army theater for sending the play, the ratio of the State Publishing House sent an urgent printing of the play. April 2nd, I was given an extract from the decision of the management committee: "Due to the lack of paper to defer" and with a postscript: "The book is not sent for review." I have a citizen Weiss, lack of motivation is that the paper is not serious, because, firstly, the State Publishing House is printing paper for the very low-grade waste paper like the play "At the dawn of a new life" or Deryabina Saburova plays, and secondly, the waste paper is published in hundreds of thousand copies "Mystery" can also be published in very limited quantities - only for the needs of theater, especially as the rewriting of this highly requested pieces on the machine takes away from the Republic of paper and more and more working hours on that Count. Weiss replied that "of course, very necessary thing for the paper could scrape together, but we do not believe any" mystery "and is opposed to such works." How did - I asked - you guessed it, the play is not necessary if it is not received for review, and if the opinion of the play was a foregone

conclusion before reading, then why comedy with the production of this issue in the Commission? The answer was not awarded. The play was rewritten by hand and in this form was sent to me in the Donbass, in Tver, DDA, Prague, Berlin, etc. In some cities of the Republic and abroad, to the best of my knowledge, she went or should go to the short time. Since the formulation of the "Mystery" in the first theater of the RSFSR met very good relationship and the working masses and newspapers (articles in the "dial tone", "Trude", "Izvestia", in "Komtrude," etc.) and brought back a huge demand, I again appealed to the State Publishing House. On this appeal the State Publishing House chairman of the board of Comrade. Meshcheryakov told me that the workers do not understand the play, he personally does not like the fact that articles and surveys (questionnaires collected at the theater confirmed the excellent clarity, necessity and revolutionary "Mystery") is not convincing, since the article says the Soviet intelligentsia, and the questionnaires filled Soviet ladies and it may be interested in only the opinion of the workers. Tov. Meshcheryakov offered to arrange a show exclusively for working the audience and ask him that he was personally convinced of the imagination. Checked ever so Gosizdat belletristic nonsense published by them - do not think, for it is not used on the head stroked.   I told comrade. Meshcheryakov, that if he liked the play or not - I'm not interested. Plays do not write for the State Publishing House, and for the RSFSR, to test the latest tools to test agreed. After MGSPS, with the help of Comrade. Ohotova was organized solely for the performance of Metalworkers (no stranger, even according to my notes, the play could not go). Despite the fact that I reported on the performance of Comrade. Meshcheryakov in advance, and he promised to be, Comrade <arisch> did not come.   After the show, held under the acclaim of the hall, was unanimously passed a resolution in which the "Mystery" was welcomed as a proletarian play, require its publication in the greatest possible number of copies, and expressed outrage at the gosizdatskogo relation to the "Mysteries" (resolution in the "Bulletin of the theater" .)   After the show, and the adoption of this resolution, I was approached by the editor, "Bulletin of the theater" comrade. Zagorski, and offered to publish the play in the "Bulletin", repeatedly print propaganda piece. Since there was no theater in the State Publishing House, and to keep the exams I'm tired, I agreed, and the play came out in 91 - 92 issue of the "Herald." Having received the June 1 memo Vserabotprosa for No 265, in which the play was tariffed and offered to pay for the work, and taking the ratio of the TEO in the State Publishing House of No 180, certifying that the play was accepted and printed, I took the papers in gosizdatskuyu board and asked to pay a line- fee. On a comrade. Meshcheryakov and Comrade. Weiss told me that we all need to bring to justice the Revolutionary Tribunal for unlawful otpechatanie "Mystery" and the case will be heard by a panel Gosizdat. Pay me will be those who published a piece (someone drew a Gosizdat liable for useless being printed volumes Nemirovich?). I went to the "Bulletin of the theater" and asked to pay in the "Bulletin" in view of the State Publishing House of failure. In the "News" I was told that the right to refuse Gosizdat not as self-Narkompro College gave him the quote, "Herald." Not wanting to talk with a fierce fruitless State Publishing House, I waited for was drafted, "Messenger" total payroll, and sent to the State Publishing House. A week later I came to the State Publishing House for references, I was waiting for a new surprise: board, reasoning that it is hardly possible to bring a revolutionary piece being printed, published quite legitimately on the paper, which is intended for the "Bulletin of the theater," which issued to this end, the double number, tried a new way to hunt outskirts, I try to write and publish writing. In the statement was written: "Administrative

Commission, 15/VII: Finance Department to request a statement on the check and pay the tariff rates, except for the play Mayakovsky's" Mystery-Bouffe ", 18/VII" (signature).   Thus, the State Publishing House himself has admitted: 1) the legality otpechataniya rooms, and 2) the legitimacy of claims for payment, the requirements on the part of the State Publishing House "B <estnika> T <eatra>". I also excluded, obviously, just because I do not like the State Publishing House. I complained to Tsekpros. Tsekpros sent me to the legal department of the All. The Legal Department has given its opinion, stating my unqualified right to receive payment for the work. Then the head of the TNO Tsekprosa comrade. Bogomolov requested by telephone gr. Weiss for an explanation of non-payment. Gy. Weiss (passing from the words of Comrade. Bogomolov) in a very irritated tone replied that the play is not allowed to print (postponed for lack of paper - perhaps this ban? - VM), published by fraud and payment is not subject to ( wondering whether the arrested typesetters recruited this "illegal literature", and received a fee corrector). Tov. Bogomolov said that still have to pay for work - if you will, involving illegally printed, - the duty is to protect the interests of trade union workers. At a gr. Weiss responded: "Mayakovsky in relation to the" Mystery-Bouffe "least of all can be called workers" - and hung up. Since we could not guess that could mean the mysterious word, sent an official paper Tsekpros State Publishing House, demanding to immediately inform in writing the reasons for non-payment. Note sent to the 22nd. Three times I came to Tsekpros, there was no answer. On the phone calls we were told that they know nothing, because the meeting would be, and then maybe a week. A week later, no answer. Then comrade. Bogomolov again telephoned the State Publishing House. Who spoke with Comrade. Bogomolov, and that - I do not know. Tov. Bogomolov told me only that do not want to pay, but said such as the transfer is impossible.   I'm tired of this comedy. I took a newer identity that I have to pay (memo Tsekprosa No 370). Note has been confirmed by the head of the ONT MGSPS comrade. Sivkov, offering to immediately pay for the work. At the request came to see me angry Weiss, took me a note, took it and brought back a moment later with the inscription: "The payment of refuse. Skvortsov. 5/VIII--21 city." I once again asked to motivate the rejection of what I gr. Weiss said: "We did not order you to play, even if you paid whoever you ordered!" (I wonder if ordered Weiss Griboyedov "Woe from Wit," and if not, then who dares to publish this piece?)   Having lost a quarter of the month for talks on the printing of the play, and 2/4 - to walk in wages, I am having other things to enjoy on this in the future refuse.   Vladimir Mayakovsky.

52BF Malkin  [Moscow, August 17, 1921]  E-mailBoris Fedorovich Malkin(Lubyansky Travel, No 3, Apt. 12).  

P. S.   When uboyas futuristic lynx,   in wheel put a spoke to us -   We vzmalivalis:   "Save us, Father, Boris!"   And the enemies in front of a rabid lavished Malkin.   I am not a very nimble,   but the devil will disassemble it, will founder.   Tin,   Take me to Yekaterinburg   if necessary to escape from a mad Gosizdatelya.Whole. Hello Urals!Loving Mayakovsky.   Mr. 17/VIII-21  53N. ASEYEV  [Moscow, around August 20, 1921]Dear Nick Aseev!   Introduction to everyone <th> letter.   Brock Tretyakov, a 1/2 hours going and makes me write these things. You are well to do when you have Underwood, and you just know subscribe.  Pathetic     Hello Thunder and wide futuristic merci for the campaign of our art and for the glorification of my modest figures, in particular.  BusinessYou ask for the songs, they are not my ...     One and a half years I have not taken into the mouth rhymes (pen in hand, as you know, I did not take at all). Now just feel very depressed, because you want to take Vserosgazetu poems about hunger. If this starts something poetic, then, of course, will go to the DDA. Of these names you - Mariengof rubbish, but if it away, as you advise, you get rubbish elite. What is al <ugoe> - Serge lucky.  Species     As Roshchina, thank you, "I". Pasternak was introduced to him with pleasure - let each other head Talmud.  Biographic     I want to come to Chita. If Krasnoshchekov go, and I'm going.  

Lyrical     I embrace you and kiss you.   I send stishonok "Our way of life." One could, perhaps, and print.   Printed Agitroste only - distribution small.VM  54NF Stranger  [Moscow, around August 20, 1921]Dear Comrade, Stranger!   In your request for a humorous "how to live and work, Mayakovsky," I replied. Here we have to squabble so that the cheeks are flying in the air. Work is almost not necessary: bickering, agitation, etc. vyzhirayut of me along with the liver. To illustrate this I send a copy of my application to the State Publishing House of the MGSPS. 25th of the disciplinary court. The accused - State Publishing House (Weiss, Meshcheryakov and Skvortsov). Prosecutor - I am. I will try to tear all that is possible. Do not count contained in the application for an exception: a thousand such cases. With the "150 million" has been the same if not worse. Months 9 - 10, I knocked at doors and heads. Otpechatanii already had some "revision" and "seizure" who, they say, dare to print such trash when Nemirovich-Danchenko paper is not enough! "Well, my friend, and you brought us!" - Told me the head of the State Publishing House, and then comforted, saying that "apparently, you do not." But - all this stuff. The main thing - we are winning. Proponents are rising. All are opposed to us so small and stupid that every "commercial" is not interested in our destruction, is transferred to us.  65Lili  [Moscow, November 2, 1921]   My dear and darling face!   And I'm sad - there is no letter from you. Today I will go to a smaller - perhaps came from. Terrible I would like to suddenly roll up to you and see how you live. But alas - a little comforted, assuring himself that maybe you have not forgotten, but the letter did not reach. Write the same Lilyonok!   He arrived from Vladivostok sculptor Zhukov, brought a collection of articles Stranger (most older) and the newspaper "A <Alno> to <ostochny> telegraph <af>", in which a great article about the Stranger Sosnovsky. Submitted by Stranger sent me for a fee materials. Today we have dinner Zhukov.   As if there is I have a tiny novostishka. Yesterday came the man of whom said Rita (from Kharkov Gubpolitprosveta), and wants to take me to Kharkiv to 3 pm. The conditions are good. If today (must also have lunch), it does not change his mind, I have next week on Thursday or Friday (in time to receive your dear letter) days leave for 8 - 10 in Kharkiv. Rest and Popish. The works are a fantastic number and very difficult.   Write to me, honey.   I love you.

   Waiting and kiss and kiss.

   Your

About Grzhebina still could not find anything! He has no one.    Of course, I'll write to you from all the stations, if the leave, you write. I have adjusted to their vehicles.    Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.

56Lili  [Moscow, November 28, 1921]   Business.Dear and sweet Lilyonok.   Here's a report about the publishing house.   1) Was in the Commissariat. Comrade Vasilyev, on which the importation was familiar and had promised to do everything possible, but the resolution also depends on the People's Commissariat (State Publishing House).   2) I was at the Lunacharsky, and he with me talking to the State Publishing House (Meshcheryakov), State Publishing House of the obstacles were not available, and Lunacharsky approved list of books and asked the Commissariat to allow importation.   3) The further I will do so: by sending the book in print, I will apply each time an import permit.   4) A list of books, intended for publication (first stage):   A. IAF. Illustrated), Journal of Arts. Editorial - Vladimir Mayakovsky and Osip Brik. Co <iki> Aseev Arvatov, Kushner, Pasternak, Stranger, etc.   Two. Mayakovsky. Collections of poetry.   Three. Boris Pasternak. Lyrics.   4. The book is about a Russian poster.   Five. Poetics (collection of articles on the theory of poetic language).   6. Khlebnikov. Creation.   7. Art in the workplace. Collection of articles.   Eight. Readings of modern literature.     Resolution <Ia> Lunach <Arsk>:   "I think the idea of publishing acceptable. Books ask permission to be imported subject to the appropriate <uyuschih> regulations.Lunacharsky. "

   5) On the textbooks should say and Krupskaya, it is difficult, but if the publishers get better - and do it.   6) To send the books, they must first be here (as you wrote) result in a completely acceptable form.   7) To do this, you first need to figure out financial issues (organizational and me).   8) With Granik, I will speak tomorrow.   9) It seems to me that I should be (to replace everything else) is not less than 20 mils <Lyon> per month (this is the currency of crumb).   10) At the organizational (typist, boom <aga>, etc.) as well as the issuance of advances should be about 50 million) at a time (also in my opinion).   11) Once everything is cleared, I will send the book. That is until all of the business.   I kiss you, my dear.   All yoursPuppy Lighthouse.   Mr. 28/XI-21  57Lili  [Moscow, December 19, 1921]  Dear and dear, dear Lilenochek!   Yesterday (Sunday 18) came from Kharkov and immediately pounced on your letter, received 2 cute and all three business!   (The point on the next page!)   Did you receive a letter Kharkiv? I'm glad I escaped from there - Kharkov City awful. I read three times, it was quite a mass of people.   Do not forget me, baby, please.

I am your faithful Lilyok!   1) on Thursday and will send a memo and information about books.   2) The books should go in the People's Commissariat for Ostozhenka.   3) Also, I think to get an order from David Petrovich (I will tomorrow, too).   4) If there are orders from Glavpolitprosvet posters, illustrated booklets, you can publish?   5) Is it too rests on the publisher of textbooks?   6) Is our literature only unpleasant for him appendage to Evtushevskomu - because then it's not.

   7) An important question (specify all) - have a Narkompros pay in gold, or we will pay in the RSFSR our ruble? Of course, the latter would be easier to do.   8) How do Latvians go through my books? After all, if you do "art without impurity" that will not make my "complete collection" or "LFA" or "Book of the poster."   Find out this detail.   9) I will try to Thursday still send the book (and for print and for prices)   10) Why is this emphasis on the books, because if you put a good literary publishing (especially the novel), because it also gives publishers greater profits.   On Thursday, they all went out and all weigh definitively. Write.Kisses, your VA Lighthouse.     Is it possible to text on the poster, send a large "window" in order to reduce them to print in Riga, and it should be {or better) to do here?  53NI Nikolaeva[Moscow, February 1, 1922]  Tov. Nikolaev!   Kindly help poetess Sophia Yakovlevna Parnok (recently arrived). 1) Teach her what to do to become a member of the Union. 2) Give the safe-conduct to the room.From Comrade. RegardsOw. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 1/II-22  59OS LITHUANIAN  [Moscow, February 22, 1922]     Among the newspaper whales, of whom   consist of "News" nonicha,   prenezhno love of Lithuania   Asafa Semyonitch.Vlad. Mayakovsky.     If you take my hands with Lubyansky travel, hug himself.   Mr. 22/II--22  60Letter on Futurism  [Moscow, September 1, 1922]     Futurism as a single flow of precisely formulated in Russia before the revolution did not exist.   This is the name of all the baptized criticism revolutionary new.

   Ideologically-knit group of futurists, our group was the so-called (unsuccessfully) to "Cubo-Futurist" (V. Khlebnikov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Burliuk, Kruchenykh, Kamensky, N. Aseev, Osip Brik, C . Tretyakov, B. Kushner).   We had no time to deal with the theory of poetry, we gave her practice.   The only manifesto of this group was the preface to the book "Slap in the Face of Public Taste ', published in 1913. Poetic manifesto, expressing the purpose of Futurism in emotional slogans.   The October Revolution dissociated from our group futuroobraznyh many who had gone from revolutionary Russia, and has issued us a group of "Communist-Futurists' literary tasks which are as follows:   1) Approve the verbal art as mastery of words, but not as an aesthetic styling, as well as the ability to solve any word problem.   2) respond to any challenge posed by modernity, for which:   a) perform work on the dictionary (slovonovshestva, sound and instrumentation, etc.)   b) replace the conventional metric of iambs and trochees polyrhythm of the language itself,   c) to revolutionize the syntax (simplified form of the phrase, the impact of unusual word usage, etc.)   d) update the semantics of words and phrases,   e) create patterns of intriguing plot builds   e) identify the poster of speech, etc.   The solution of these verbal tasks will enable to meet the need in various areas of verbal processing (form: the article, telegram, poem, skit, a sign, a proclamation, advertising, etc.).   On the question of prose, then:   1) a truly futuristic prose not, there are some attempts have Khlebnikov, Kamensky have, in Kushner's "Rally of the palaces," but these attempts are less significant than the poetry of the same authors. This is due to:   a) The Futurists did not make a difference between the various clans of poetry, and consider all the literature as a verbal art,   b) to the Futurists believed that poetry has a range of topics and their appearance, so different from the language and so-called. fiction, for the Futurists this division does not exist   c) to the Futurists believed that poetry has its own task (poetry), but the practical question its (unromantic), for the preparation of futurist manifestos against typhus and a love poem - only different sides of the same verbal processing,   d) is still mostly Futurists gave poetry. Because in the revolutionary era, when life had not yet hardened, is required lozungovaya lyrics, spurred on revolutionary practice, not Nestor-mechanical summing up the results of this practice,   e) and only very recently faced the task of futurists to give examples of the modern epic but not protocol-descriptive, and effective-biased or even fantastic, utopian, giving life is not so, as he is, and what it all means will be to .With comradely greetingsOw. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 1/IX--22  61HEAD OF PRODUCTION OFFICE VHUTEMAS T. B. Ravdel

  [Moscow, October 2, 1922]  In the Production Office VkhutemasComrade. Ravdelby Vladimir MayakovskyStatement     Because, firstly, the failure to re-point of the sixth paragraph of the contract and the third supplement to the contract and, secondly, due to complete carelessness about the printing of my book and order fulfillment for my contract with the Higher Art of No 1390 to 1922 and 12/VI addition to the contract dated September 12, 1878 for the No on the basis of the eighth paragraph of the fourth paragraph of the contract and additions to the agreement consider to this day canceled.   The more I consider it necessary to do so, because I have not only faithfully performed the conditions of the contract, but had been requested for the Higher Art of Giza a loan in the amount of ten billion rubles, as well as orders for the purchase of a cash-four thousand nine hundred copies of my writings, which is quite facilitated the work of Vkhutemas.   Since the Industrial Bureau has paid me to copyrights, I did not want to enter the Bureau in material losses, let him sell the 2nd volume of my work, the amount of the proceeds from the sale of six billion, net of penalty points according to the fourth supplement to the contract, not only as a whole will cover the costs , but also give a well-known surplus.     Calculation: 10 000. on 4 mil. 500 t p. 45 billion p.   35% discount magazinu________15 750 000 000 p.   It remains to 29.25 billion p.     I have received a net of 6 billion, the penalty   ____________11 775 000 000 p.   Total stays 17,475,000,000 p.     Please immediately calculate the cost of production and return the difference to me no later than Thursday, since Friday with. , I'm leaving on a business trip abroad.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 2/X—22

62LV, A., O. V. Mayakovsky  [Moscow, the beginning of the 1920s.]  My dear Lyudochka, Mommy and Olichka!   For God's sake, do not think that I have read Olichkinu note and did not go. I received this note just now. I send you all that I have now is - a million.   Do not go myself because I had no hind legs - just got back. Chasing all day. Monday will bring a power of attorney. I send porridge for Lyudochka - say, wonderful. I kiss you all tight, tight.

Your Wall.  63O. V. Mayakovsky  [Moscow, the beginning of the 1920s.]Dear Olichka!   I was afraid that after a 4-post office closed, so went and left 15,000. It is terrible to worry about Mom. Call every day and led me to do all that is needed. Now go on and buy Sukharevka mom from me:   2 lbs. white bread in 2500   A f. oil in 2800   2 lbs. semolina 2200.     Kisses to all, and sweet and dear mom especially.Your Wall.  64AA MAYAKOVSKY  [Moscow, the beginning of the 1920s. (?)]  Dear and dear mother!   While the angels, according to my observations, and there, but I'm you, picking a case, a whole, while in absentia, but these days I hope to do it myself.All your ox.  65NF Stranger  [Moscow, January 22, 1923]Dear Stranger!   Letter writing this immediately after you're gone, I will send you the first opportunity.   Obviously, it is necessary to Sergei (sent to now, but I do not know the address), a pity that would have negotiated for you without you.   I am absolutely crazy, that's what we agreed with the Central Committee, with Gizom (often by people esthetically absolutely hostile to us) and we can not agree with you, our trusty friend and comrade.   Once again today, with perfect friendliness will find us in the wording of ways to persuade you.   But I absolutely can not guess your wishes, I absolutely can not understand the background of your argument.   Please provide, in the order of your objections and give them simple - specific requirements. But remember that the goal of our association - the communist art (part komkultury and com. At all!) - Even a vague area which can not be more accurate accounting and theorizing, the area where the practice is often ahead of intuition goloviteyshego theorist. Let's work on it, nothing imposing to each other, perhaps polishing

each other: you knowledge, we taste. We can not understand your care not only to any disagreement was, but even before the first job!   I did not want to influence your negotiations with the Central Committee. If you have a party journal of our taste - I'm the first employee you have. But the idea of creating such a journal now, before the pre-attack our magazine - a metaphysical chimera, you did not worthy.   No matter how you responded to my letter, I hasten to you "impose" no matter what your remarks, I think (and, of course, believe) you still a friend and comrade in the work.   No differences deepen feelings. Spit on everything and come - if you do not agree, then at least talk.   All the best, and even embrace.Mayakovsky.   6 h 25 m, the 22/I--23  66Osip Brik  [Moscow, the end of April 1923]Osik!   1) The artwork that Meshcheryakov signed, only to "Long Live May 1" was at the bottom (the top number can be No 2 to make a smaller set).   2) Ad-ad did not have time to spend (sat), to postpone the numbers.   3) The book will give just crossed cliches (the number will be universal).Ox.     P. S. If you do not fit large plates, you can, gritting his heart, put a little.Answer. Ed.67David Burliuk  [Berlin, September 15, 1923]Dear Dodichka!   I take this opportunity to welcome you.   I send the book.   If you send me a visa, will be a two or three months in New York.   My address: Berlin, Kurfürstenstrasse, 105, Kurfürstenhotel, or Moscow, "Izvestiya"   or: Lubyansky Travel, No 3, Apt. 12, |   or: Vodopyanov per., No 3, Apt. 4. | Moscow   I embrace you and your whole family.   I kiss you.Your Mayakovsky.   Berlin. 15/X--23,   Today, food for three months in Moscow.VM68HEAD "MOSPOLIGRAFOM"N. T. Polyakova

  [Moscow, not later than the second half of November 1923]  In Mospoligrafby Vladimir MayakovskyAgit. ads.Tov. Polyakov  Note on the "Universal Advertising"     Along with other trade agencies and torgotdel Mospoligrafa is advertising the job. Advertise with government agencies, of course, must be essentially agitational value, promotion of benefits to the wider consumer community is the state of industry. But Mospoligrafu need and net advertising, because in this area is the presence of a NEP competition. Led still Mospoligrafom promotional work does not achieve the goal: advertising work is being done separately, without fixing any general account lozungovymi, or general iconic, haunting forms, monotonous (only typing in magazines), boring, uninteresting and the reader, of course, the road ( Considering the cost of a journal pages on average, forty hearts <ontsev. "   I offered Mospoligrafu "Universal Advertising" 15-some illustrations of posters, made merry on the ad text. At relatively high cost of this advertising is now (around 150 - 160 gold pieces), it should give future savings and direct benefits.   A. Advertising is universal: a) use the poster in any format and size, b) plates for newspapers and magazines of any kind, c) be printed on notepads and notebooks, d) is labeled for a bottle of glue and ink, e) photographed for the magic lantern (demonstration of a movie and theaters).   Two. Advertising is eternal, as consisting of separate placard, it is in the case of a new advertising line is updated a simple change of a figure to the couplet.   Three. Advertise with the most effective, since it is easy to remember and fixes attention on a permanent form.   This advertisement provides savings by reducing the size and number of ads at the expense of quality, and must provide income, itself being an interesting demonstration of the ads for customers on the street lamps, Mospoligrafom received from Germany.69The publishing house "MOSPOLIGRAF"  [Moscow, December 29, 1923.]  Publishing House "Mospoligraf"Vladimir Mayakovsky  Statement     According to the talks offer to publish my two books:   1) Mayakovsky. Word of the present sample.

   Collection of 5 - 6 sheets of the last poems: "Temporary workers memorial Kursk", "About That," "Flight Moscow - Koenigsberg", "Germany", "Norderney", "Charlie Chaplin", "Poems on the mandrills' "Young Guard", "Baku", etc.   2) Campaigning - advertising ideas. Agitation of things - advertising. O. Brik and Vladimir Mayakovsky.   a) Brick. The theory of advertising. 2 sheets.   b) Mayakovsky. The practice of advertising. 1 sheet.   c) 10 color illustrations.   d) 30 black illustrations.Vladimir Mayakovsky.   Mr. 29/XII-23  70Rodchenko  [Moscow, 1923 (?)]     Rodchenko, come to me right now with tools for drawing. Immediately.Vladimir Mayakovsky.     (Do not look at the note on the door Brick.)  71Lili  [Moscow, 14 - February 15, 1924]Dear, dear, darling, darling, darling, darling Lisyatik!   I am writing to you on the butting, since this moment going to Odessa and Kiev, and read this very moment I received your letter and ball.   Thank you.   They sent you a telegram to the address notified to thee, but to us it back "for not finding" so that the address on the letter you wrote Loew to learn this.   We live in the old way. There was still that "Lizistrate", but escaped from the first act.   Dochego rubbish!   I am happy to travel to Odessa. Then the terrible wind and cold.   Write, detik, from Paris, and quickly!   I kiss you tightly.

All yours

72Lili  [Leningrad, May 20, 1924]My dear Lisenysh.   No I'm not happy, because everyone was waiting for you. When telefoniruesh, first say, "Ah!" - And then: "W. ..". Yesterday was reading today, tomorrow, and still not on Thursday, not Friday. So it'll be Saturday - Sunday. Cases no, because all the leaders went to Moscow. Tomorrow at 5 am drinking my tea, Rita, and 7, all linguists.   How sad this one. This is the worst city. Now go to dinner in less. Awful nice guy. Do any of my posters being spoken thus: "Yes, but it does not touch the strings of the soul." Vinnitsa.   I kiss you very-very, terribly, terribly.Your Puppy.     Kiss Skoch and Oska, if they do not have worms.  73Lili  [Paris, November 9, 1924]  Dear, dear, dear, dear,favorite-favorite Lilyok.   I have a week in Paris, but did not write because nothing I do not know about themselves - in Canada, I'm not going and I do not go in Paris until I was allowed to settle for two weeks (hlopochu further), but I have to go to Mexico - I do not know, because it seems to be useless. I try again to get in touch with America for a trip to New York.   How do I live this time - I do not know. My basic feeling of anxiety, anxiety to tears, and complete lack of interest in all of the local. (Fatigue?)   Worst want to Moscow. If it were not ashamed in front of you and to the editorial, today left b.   I live in a hotel Elzinoy (29, rue Carnpagne Premiere, Istria Hotel); not telegraphed to you the address, because Elsa says that the old letters reach her at great. Reach up to me - if you write. Terribly worried about you.   As with books and with the treaties?   Ask Kolka said "pepper" that do not write anything not from a desire zazhulit advance, but because very tired and consciously give myself a week 2 - 3 rest, and then immediately write down everywhere.   At the railway station in Paris, I met no one, because the telegram received only 10 minutes before arrival, and I'm looking for Elsa alone with my knowledge of French. Elzinoy settled yet in the hotel, because it is the cheapest and gostinichka neat, and I save and try as much as not to hang.   With Elsa and Andrew are very good friends, she arranged from you and from me a fur coat, dinner and breakfast are always together.

   Many wander to the Leger, Larionov went to, but not caught. More than theaters, was not anywhere else. Today we go to dinner with Elsa, Tamara and Khodasevich. Not the poet, of course! Dropped again Zdanevich, but he is in love and kept under the wing of some ladies.   I dressed slowly under the guidance of St. Andrew, and even rubbed the corn from the fitting. But the enthusiasm of this case do not feel.   The first day of arrival devote your purchases, you ordered a bag - a great - and bought a hat, will send as soon as the pig's suitcase is ready. The spirits sent, if it comes in one piece, I'll send those gradually.   Oska pick up promotional material and posters. If I get permission poezzhu little small French towns.   Terribly bad without language!   Today I saw in the Bois de Boulogne a young skotika and nearly wept.   I fear being branded as provincial, but what do I do not want to go and pull back to read his queen!   Boring, boring, boring, boring without you.   Without Oska also important. I love you terribly!   From each Elzinoy similar intonation fall into a sentimental melancholy lyricism.   I have not written, must be such a colorless letters, but, first, I milked the literary might and main, and secondly, there is no fun cheerful self-confidence.   Write, honey.   I stole your letter Elsa (you write what you miss and you'll miss me), and locked himself in a suitcase.   I'll write to you, to wire, too (and you!), I hope to be a fun day. Poveseleyut and writing. I kiss you, detik, kiss Oska, the wholeyour parish.     Kiss Lev, Kolka, Ksanochku, Malochku and Levine. All of them are a hundred times smarter than all of Picasso.V. Majakovsku.   Paris (Paris it is not me!)   Mr. 9/XI--24  74Lili  {Paris, November 27, 1924]   Waiting for a U.S. visa. If you do not get in a month or six weeks, back to Moscow. Telegraph and write more often. Kiss, love.Your e U n.  75Lili  [Paris, December 6, 1924]Dear Lilyonok.   I'm terribly sad for you.

   Write, Lilyok, more often, or at least telegraph! Terribly grieved for Skotiku. He was the last thing we did together with you.   What nonsense to Lef? Out there any room with the first part? Do not need me to do anything? If you did not go No, you must be really bad with money. Write in detail. How to deal with Lengizom? If there is no money, did not go so far Elsa. I'll make it myself sometime. Where are able to provide excerpts? If you need to LEF, I immediately go back to Moscow and I will not go into any American.   About Me writing almost nothing. All the while doing nothing, and now once again starting. Unfortunately, again drawn to poetry - lyric! I'm sitting in Paris, as I promised in two weeks to respond to a U.S. visa. If I could not give - then at that moment I leave for Moscow, repay advances and three years will not rock the boat anywhere. Missed you and to all of you sovershennonevyrazimo. This is even with my outstanding poetic images.   Here, I am very tired - I can not idle. Now with the arrival of our walk and otvozhu Soviet soul.   While not read anywhere else. In addition to home: in a low voice, and single.   If there's my new book or excerpts printed elsewhere - came from.   Boris Anisimovich still there.   Things your lie, but there is an occasion, and do not send mail - pretty heavy. Of course, your whole list will be exactly fulfilled. With the additions that you wrote to Elsa.   In theaters no longer walk, and in restaurants, too, got tired, I sit at home and glozhu chicken legs and gusyu liver salad. All of this brings my mistress Mme Sonnet. Surprisingly aesthetic city!   Did the Osik linen from Berlin? Chess and now I'll bring him here. What is the number of his shirts? It seems that 39-collar? Tell Osik, I'm very, very bored of it and also really, really love him. Kiss him. Ask him anything pricherknut to your letter, of course, if you write to me.   What fools you are calling about my letters? Note their names and write. In this, it really lies, I hope no one believes? Can you imagine, that I sat and crunched the girls letters? Fantasia, a Faust!   A kiss from me to Ksani Kolka, Lev, Malochku and everyone you want.   Lilyok, answer me this letter, please, and more letters and telegrams. And then I'll order a collar No 41 - as before, when I was calm and plump, I wore a 43! And even 44!   I kiss you, dear, dear and beloved sun. I love you.   Your (sorry, that I'll try to pin the date of such goods)Puppy.   Paris. Mr. 6/XII--24   Love me little, detik!

76O. V. Mayakovsky  [Moscow, 1924]Dear Olichka!   I beg you very much - Printed report (accurately) in 4 copies, and went some way or had introduced him to me today, not later than 7 am eternal.   Whole.Your Wall.

  77The newspaper "Izvestia"  [Moscow, January 10, 1925]Comrade Editor!   In the passage from the poem "Lenin", published in the October issue of "News", I overlooked the clerical, made a typist. Published by:                                   For centuries the commune                                                               Shining general.   It should read:                                   For centuries the commune                                                               Shining Pass.     Please put this letter in order to avoid repeating this error when perepechatanii in the provincial press.Ow. Mayakovsky.  78Organizer "MEETING OF THE LEFT FRONT OF THE ARTS"  [Moscow, January 17, 1925 e]Statementorganizers of the so-called <yvaemogo> "Meeting of the left front of Art."     Carefully listening to and thinking over two days, colorless "meeting" should say, nothing to do with how the decisions and conclusions of this meeting did not have and do not want to be. If I could for a moment suppose that this is vociferous meeting, gathered under the slogan seriously, "union" will mean (in the most "active" part) under the discussion of organizational issues - the organization of gossip and will try to replace the military theory and practice of LEF chuzhakovskoy nadsonovschinoy modernized, of course, I would never for a moment spent sitting in meetings.Ow. Mayakovsky.   17/I-25, the  79Lili  [Moscow, 25 May 1925]By Kitty   1) Look for the Oska under the contract and frighten him every day, that was taking all the time. Do not believe him.   2) Choose a card to complete an urgent meeting. If you want to increase my card - I was shot at Tver, not reaching the area of the Passion, the right hand of Stoleshnikov, ex. "John Bull".

   3) Hurry sister Osya and all the "Lef".   4) Hurry up with the tale of <datelstvo> "Surf" (Sophia, Passage).   5) Get to the exit tales money under the contract.   6) The numbers come on July 15 Dmitrovka more, ed. "Moscow Worker" to Comrade. Kantor about 2 of <denmark> "Tales of Pete," and if you can republish, to get money, 12% of the nominal value.   7) Numbers 15 - June 20, go to the "Moscow Worker" and receive from Comrade. Kantor, 25 hearts <ontsev> for "Paris". Of the ten, to give Lowe.   8) Upon receipt of the second tale to pass it to the "Surf" and get 15 hearts <ontsev>   1, 2, 10, 100, 200) do not get sick!   9) All I have received from poetry to pass as amended, and 50% of ambition <ara> send me the rest yourself.   10) Keep the book (my avtokollekts <uw>) and add to it all that go out.   11) If you will be asked to passages of writing "The Flying Proletarian" any passage (50% of the fee by making comrade. Gurevich, "Journal of temperature <ear> Fleet", Yushkov lane).  80Lili  [Paris, June 2, 1925]Dear, dear, dearand most beloved Lilyonok!   I'm awfully glad you wrote to Elke watch me, that I was sleeping, so conducted himself and the family soon went further - it means that I have a puppy, and then all is well. I am writing you now just because a Saturday, Sunday and Monday are all closed and it was impossible to learn about Mexico, and Mexico, no, I did not dare to write. The steamer I, unfortunately, is only 21 (this is the closest). Tomorrow I take the ticket. "Espagne" Transatlantique - 20,000 tons. Good uncle, although only two tubes. Expensive. I try not to waste anything and live in our newspaper, and places to 2 francs <ankh> string.   I try to do everything to Elichka quickly left. He was at the consulate. Tomorrow I will send Elsa, and then be asked to Moscow by telegraph.   Do not write to you that I was terribly bored, just so you looking at me - blues - not cursing.   Exhibition - boring and useless place. Bad taste, which can not even imagine.   The so-called <yvaemy> "Paris in the spring" does not cost anything, so k <ak> nothing blooms everywhere and only repairing the streets. On the first evening train, and now I do not go anywhere else, I sleep two times a day, eat breakfast and double wash, that's all.   Tomorrow I'll start writing for the "Lef". No one did not meet old friends, and best of all of the new buzu - dogs Elzinyh friends.   He says "die", and he falls head over heels, saying "eat" and then he eats anything, but when it leads to a chain, he was so eager that the owners have to run, and he goes to some zadnichnyh legs.   He is white with one black ear - Fox, but with long hair and a very long nose. Stupid like a cork, but in the middle of the street would not run, but only on the sidewalks.   The ink ran out.

   Flew well. On the contrary the German sick, but not at me but at the Kovno. Pilot Shebanov wonderful. It turns out that all the German director of yourself with him trying to fly. At each boundary squatted on the tail, at a meeting with other devices waving wings, and in Konigsberg by airplane rolled to the door customs, all much frightened, and it turns out, the first prize for the accuracy of the descent.   If you're going to fly, it was only with him.   We are with him all night and then pushed on Konigsberg.   Kitty, write, a little to get more before departure.   The whole list of things handed to Elsa, and all will be delivered to you completely. We begin with the sending of tomorrow.   Write me on whether or not the money for Oska Collected <OF CONTENTS> op <Inonu>.   I kiss you, my dear and dearest Lilik.   Love me a little, your wholePuppy.   Osika Kiss!   Mr. 2/VI--25     Write to me, please!

81Lili  [Paris, June 9, 1925]Dear, dear, dearand an amazing Lilyonok.   As you yourself know - from you a single line. I already sent you two telegrams and a letter from you, even a single line of registration to the letters to Elsa! Small, write quickly and more, since the 19th I had my way. The steamer "Espana" departs from Saint-Nazaire (8 hours from Paris) and will crawl into Mexico for 16 days! So, to answer a letter will go through Paris from you (if you will get to the steamer) for 40 days! This is a damn kulichiki. Even whole cakes!   Sunny, write me to this more! Required. Everything, everything, everything. Without your letter, I will not go.   What are you doing, what you gonna do?   The kitten, do not take any work prior to my arrival. Take a rest so that you have been blood and milk on a steel frame.   I live here even more boring than usual. Exhibition fed up, especially the conversations around her. Everyone wants to put his masterpiece pokazistey and strains all his knowledge of French, to say about a pair of warm words.   Today got back from Moscow Moran - infamy, he seems to be fairly large.   Was not in any theater. Seen only once in the movie Chaplin. Unbearable heat - the only place Bois, and then only in the evening. Now go to the embassy, I read the poems in the evening, and then with Elsa to Welter.   Exert every effort in order to travel around all of that put themselves, and still come back to you no later than the fall.

   Of all people on earth just jealous Oska and Annushka, because they can see you every day.   As with the money? Oska is paid at Giza? Do they write for the "Lef"? Very, very kiss Oska.   I kiss you hard, hard, love and longing.Your alwaysPuppy.   Write! Write! Write! Immediately!  82Lili[Paris, 19 - June 20, 1925]  My dear, beloved and dear Lilyatik!   From you a single letter, you're no longer Kish, a goose gripping. How did you both ugorazdilo? I'm terribly sad about this - it means you have letters from you will not wait! Okay -'ll take with him a telegram - they are cute, but they are few.   Tomorrow morning I leave 8.40 Saint-Nazaire (Brittany) and after 12 hours I will spend the night on the boat. 21st sail!   Thank you very much for the Duke of Guise, and sorry for the trouble. Last Wednesday (just when I sent you a letter to the past), I was robbed, as you know, to the penny (three francs left - 30 kopecks.!). The thief took the number against me in Istria, and when I went to twenty seconds for my stomach, he pulled out with an unusual talent I have all the money and wallets (with your card, with all papers!) And disappeared from the room in an unknown direction. All of my statements have not led to anything, only the signs said it was a very well known in these cases a thief. Money for youth age not too sorry. But the thought that my journey will stop, and I'll come back to your stupid joke, I was completely infuriated. Now everything is settled with the help of your and Giza.   I purposely asked to send in November and December, so it's on you now is not affected, and there'll come work off.   Lilyok, I send to "Surf" (which you have written) a piece of text. Tell him, please.   On Elzinoy visa should speak only in Moscow.   Today I received a telegram from Leva, he had just arrived after I left a few hours.   As the Volga?   It's funny that I found out about this accident from friends. Well it's interesting to me, if only from the other side, that means you're healthy!   Detik, I'm already finishing in the morning and ten minutes later I go to the station. I kiss you, Solnik. Oska whole. I love you terribly and miss you.All your Mexican Puppy.  83Lili  [Steamboat "España", June 22, 1925]  Dear Linochek.

   As shown in Spain, take this opportunity to inform you that I did well today, and the envelope even walk into a small portico, - see map Santander.   My "España" - no steamer. Russian is not revealed yet. Go man in suspenders and a belt once (ONET Spanish) and some women in the huge earrings (ONET Spanish flu). Two dogs running short. Japanese, but the red-haired, the two are identical.   I kiss you, dearest, and run to study in French, how to send a letter.   I kiss you and Oska.All your Puppy.   22/VI--1925.

84Lili  [Steamboat "España", July 3, 1925]  Dear, dear, dear, dear, dearand my favorite Lilyonok!   Did you get my (2) travel writing? Now come to the island of Cuba - the port of Havana (cigar that is) will be a day or two. I take this opportunity once again desperately to shove in a drawer letter.   Unbearable heat!   Now just a prem Tropic.   The most Capricorns (which is named in honor of the Tropic of this), however, I have not yet seen.   Begins to identify the right land is the first real Florida (not counting the small change, such as the Azores). You have to write poems about Christopher Columbus, which is very difficult because, for lack of Odessa, it's hard to know how diminutive of Christopher. A rhyme Columbus (already difficult) in the tropics it at random heroic.

   I can not say so on the boat I was very happy. 12 days of water is good for fish and professionals discoverers, and for a lot of ground. To talk in French <uzski> and in Spanish I had learned, but it worked out the expressiveness of the face, because to explain mimicry.   Own one, I must telegraph to your health and business. The addresses of our embassy, I unfortunately do not know. Right in the Commissariat. It seems, telegraphic address: Mexico (city) Delsovpra (delegation of owls <etskogo> rules <elstva>).   A lot of work.   You missed the inexpressible.   I kiss you 1000 times and 800 Oska.All your[Columbus]Puppy.  85Lili  [Mexico, about July 15, 1925]  Dear, dear, dear million timesand once and for all your favorite Kitty.   I am in Mexico for a week. He lived daily in the hotel, and then moved to the embassy. First, it is more pleasant, because the house is good, and the other embassy is extremely sparsely populated. 4 people (after the departure of Volyn with his wife) - that all employees. Secondly, it is convenient, since <a> in Spanish I have a word and still get them mixed up: Gracias - thank you, and eskyuzada - that is closet. Third, money is not, and clubbing here for 2 pesos (2 RUB.) On the day that the Mexican expensive - fabulous.   About Mexico:   First, of course, all this is different from other foreign countries mostly all palm trees and cactus, but it grows in the proper form only in the south of Vera Cruz. Mexico City is hard, unpleasant, dirty and immensely boring.   I got out of season (season - winter), there is a regular afternoon rains at night and very cold climate is lousy, because it is 2400 meters above sea level, so terribly difficult (the first two weeks, say) breathing and heart rate that quite bad.   I would not stay here more than two weeks. But first, I was contacted with the line "Transatlantic" on a ship (which is at the order of 20% of the return ticket! Discount), and secondly, bombarding telegrams to the United States visa. If the United States will not leave, I leave for Moscow 15 August 15 - September 20, will be in Moscow. A few days later the secretary of the embassy are going into Mexico - in tropical forests is bad just that there is yellow fever, and have, obviously, limited only by train.   Detik! What are you doing and what are you going to do? I'm afraid you do not endlessly to catch, but if you go to Italy, I am afraid that it will not work for me because of the accursed theft!   When you receive this letter, I was already in Mexico will not, obviously, because I was after a trip deep into the boat going straight. So make sure everything, everything I write on the Paris embassy by September 1, that I have found on arrival your letter. Just do not write that you do not love me, please. Terrible miss anything about you not knowing. How Oska? As the "Lef"? As a complete collection?

   Detik, I am sending poems and terrible bother you asking:   1) "Discovery of America" grant "LEF"   2) "Spain" give "Spark"I send a power of attorney   3) "monk" try to "News" | or   4) "Atlantic Ocean" - "Spotlight" | opposite   5) All together, proposed a radio-Growth.   With the "Lef" is, of course, money is no need to take. With the remaining 1 p. line, and with Radio-growth (ie Galicia) in 2 - 3 hearts <ontsa> for the verse. The money is terrible I beg you (hope that will be 45 - 50 gold pieces, if less, so less) to translate Andre Elzinomu, which I took before leaving, and he had to pay by September 1.   If money is not all or nothing to gain do not get, please, your not going, but only telegraph, and I'll make some loan.   Thank you detik for telegrams, they are terribly, terribly good, and lie on his chest in the wonderful pig skin.   I am not sending you anything, because, first, get lost, and second, not yet looked, and, thirdly, I want to take you to myself.   My dear and beloved Kitty, I kiss you terribly, terribly. All yours with all four pawsPuppy.     Exact Oska in his mustache.   Elzku whole.   Hi Helen Yulyevna.   Please give us a little of my mom.  86AA, O., L. V. Mayakovsky  [Mexico, about July 15, 1925]My dear Mother, and Olichka Lyudochka!   I kiss you all terribly and wish you all the births and the name day, which for the time being subjected to, and thank you for the compliments.   Numbers 10 - 15 - September 20, hope to be in Moscow. I kiss you all again.   Your son and brother of a MexicanOx.  87David Burliuk  [New York, October 23, 1925]     Dodya,   you are incorrigible.   Waiting for exactly 5 for a trip to Philadelphia.VM  88

L., O. V. Mayakovsky  [Paris, November 9, 1925]   Telegraph immediately detailed mother's health. Ask the help of Boris Kushner apartment. I'll Moscow two weeks later. Kiss Mommy, you.Volodya.  89Lili  [Baku, 20 February 1926]  And my dear dear Kisitsa!   (That I made of Kish, and Fox.)   I live this moment in Baku, where he saw (and on the way) a lot of interesting, as I hasten to write to you.   First, from Krasnodar until Baku was traveling with us to train a large elderly monkeys. Monkeys sat in a box and all the while chewing. Not dozhevavshi, often stopped and seriously and looked at the mountain, surprised, sad and hopeless, as Levin after a loss.   And before that, in Krasnodar had a lot of dogs, of whom I now write verse.   Baku is also not without Zverev. First, under the window of the third day ran the eleven gathered together (just) mirblyudov, ran straight to the tram. Up front, raised his hands, jumped backwards in the Circassian people, shouting to them and prove something - to turn.   _E_dva-_e_dva Dissuaded.   And also obliquely day at nine o'clock is a good donkey with fruit. As Regina Feodorovna, it was not, she went to Moscow.   I live fun: just that - read the "Left March" and correctly answer the questions, what and where Futurism Now David Burliuk.   Happy Osya, and he lives a full, beautiful life I read about his speech in the House of Unions, as well as breathing anger kinoplakate article about the "Soviet screen."   Kiss him very much. The cables I had a nonintegral because urgent telegrams may arrive at night, and I do not want to bother him at night for nothing.   Tuesday or Wednesday morning meal, and Tiflis, report, as soon as possible to Moscow. Tired of - mass confusion. The organizers - the young. Between readings, huge ranges, and none of the lecture is not compatible with the convenient train. So, instead of international, go, putting my head under the template, with a great ear mites stars. Even without mites were used more convenient, but too lazy to comb ticks, the more of 20 000 copies.   Here the spring. On the streets selling mimosa. You can walk without a coat, but then very cold. To the left of me, some lanes, her hairdresser, "Aelita", then it all for Turkic, but it looks terribly foreign, because now the Latin alphabet: a pharmacy, and now in their language - "Aptiq", but instead Sundays at all Friday. To the right of me to the Caspian Sea, which flows into the Volga every day, and drop it nowhere, because it is the sea - the lake and the location of the impasse.   Dear Solnik, very sorry for you that you mess with one apartment, and envy, because it is interesting to tinker with it.

   I have for you, dearest, very bored. Everyone should, so he was a man, and I have kind of person you are. It is true.   I kiss you both lips, and each of them an infinite number of times.All your Schen first (Azerbaijan).   Mr. 20/II-26

90In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  [Moscow, March 15, 1926]  In lit. sector of GizaMayakovsky   Statement   I beg to defer delivery of the material under the contract:   1) Drama up to 30 March   2) novel by the 15th of July.Ow. Mayakovsky.   15/III-26 Moscow  91In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  [Moscow, April 12, 1926]  In literary and artistic <venny> Department of GizaVladimir Mayakovsky  Statement   I beg to defer delivery of four of the first volume of the complete works up to 28 April 26Vladimir Mayakovsky.   Mr. 12/IV--26  92In the Theater. Sun Meyerhold  [Moscow, the first half of April 1926]   On the readings of the Mysteries.   It would be best, or   1) Heaven or   2) Start of 2nd action (the overthrow of the government). The text of the book "13 years", II-the first volume ("Mystery-Bouffe", 2nd version).Vladimir Mayakovsky.  93In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  

[Moscow, 30 May 1926]  In the Literary DepartmentState Publishing House  Statement     I ask for a final discussion about the publication of my collected works take into account the following:   I. Works should complete the fifth volume, since the signing of the contract (extended at the request of the department) was more than a year and during that time I have written things for me, the most characteristic and novelty and modernity most interesting to the reader. The V-th that should enter:   1) Poems about America and Mexico (5 pages).   2) American essay, prose (4 sheets).   3) How do poetry? (2 sheets).   4) Verses and Poems: "Sergey Esenin" |   "A Conversation with fininspektorom of poetry" |   "Syphilis"} 6 sheets   "Bribes" |   "The order of the day" |   "Kids" and others |   Total - 17 sheets.   II. Using the point of agreement on a reprint, would consider it necessary to offer to release universalkoy poem "Lenin", "Satirical Poems" and "On ceremonies" for the peasant of the library. You must do this because my primary reader - vuzovets, rabfakovets, who can not spend money on an expensive book. Experience a cheap edition of "Spark" showed the feasibility of such a case: even the old "A Cloud in Trousers" out of print for several months with no balance in the amount of 16,000 copies.   III. Should be given if not all of the publication, at least two or three volumes to the beginning of autumn. As always, I will take the fall a number of trips and lectures throughout the province, and I will personally promote these books. As shown by my experience as described in the article "Red Virgin Soil," this way to promote the book initially justified ideologically and commercially. The book communicates directly with the consumer, is taken by people directly concerned with the poetry, and further increases the demand for magazine.   IV. Way to sell books on literary lectures and performances need to be further expanded and systematically organized on behalf of Giza. I would consider it very useful to organize in Moscow and Leningrad, the annual "Poetry Olympics" in literary groups to mark the release of new books.Vladimir Mayakovsky.   Mr. 30/V--26  94TO THE EDITOR OF "LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNE"  [Sebastopol, 6 - 7 July 1926]

Dear Comrade <arisch> editor!   Do not refuse the courtesy to print the following: I offer my apology to all the great gathering on July 6 frustrated my lecture.   The reason for failure of the lecture - the organizers of incompetence and failure to perform is not only signed the contract, and even enter into any discussion on this issue.With regards, Vladimir. Mayakovsky.  95Lili  [Simferopol, July 8, 1926]  Dear, dear, dear, beloved and dear Keys.   Oddly enough, while I'm writing from Simferopol.   Today is going to Evpatoria, and the next day back to Yalta (where it will wait for your telegram and letter.)   Odessa money poiznosilis completely and have to go with the readings on earnings.   Unfortunately, almost nothing. For example, in Sevastopol, not only refused to pay under the contract (the organizers, claiming that they moprovtsy), but also disrupted the lecture was canceled and the wing of my various public, in my opinion, bad words. We had a whole day to spend on this buzu, collect meeting of the Secretariat of the District Committee, and Secretary of the Communist chastised Vlosky high-handed bullies. Full moral satisfaction, and an empty pocket. Yes, even you have to write poetry instead of some letters to the editors.   I do not tan, but with the skin of the nose is the third slazit, and I wear it as a crimson flag. We must think I'm ugly.   The most unpleasant for me that you're sitting, should be, without a single groshika all stick to you, and Osiko nothing to go on the Volga. If this continues, in a week or two back to Moscow.   I am without you, my dears and relatives, it is absolutely impossible and boring. I'm here, no news at all - on Chatyrdag and Ai-Petri does not happen nothing but a beautiful sunrise, and about it, even in the newspapers stopped writing.   If you do not write everything, everything, everything about myself, I immediately begin to die of boredom.   Kisses all, all legs and head, and you Oska in his bald head. Love me, please, and do not forget, and I'm all yoursSchen.   Mr. 8/II—26

96AA MAYAKOVSKY  [Eupatoria, July 15, 1926]  My dear sweet and dear mom.   You see, what you have a good son: do not all write, some writing, but on small pieces of paper, and you on the big and full turn. I am very concerned that you have no summer cottages, and without rest.   In Odessa, I went to Misha Kiselev. He asked you to pass that would have been glad to see you and Olya and Luda in Odessa.   As you look at this thing? Do not you ever go a week or two? In turn, Misha will leave in August - September, and I called him to Moscow.   I live normally. A little work - lecture, write, and in between trying to recuperating, sunbathe and get fat, to the delight of my dear and beloved mom.   Hopefully in two weeks, three to be in Moscow, and that without me things must not move.   Dear Mom, drop me a line -   Yalta, hotel "Russia".   And a whole Lyudochka Olichku and congratulate Olichku all holidays that fall on the birthday and the birth July month.   I kiss you hard, my dear mom.Your loving you Volodya.   Mr. 15/VII-26  97

Lili  [Eupatoria, July 15, 1926]  My dear mother, and Detik.   I live just like the shipwrecked Robinson: escape to the fragment (gold pieces), around the desert (you and Oska) Evpatoria, but Friday was already one, and tomorrow will be different.   The main similarity is that you nor I, nor Robinson not a word you write and write.   However, there is a reply telegram, but I do not think, as it is without a signature, I do about it myself and I say may, by Kitties, and can, on Drapkina. It may be that I am guilty myself, and at Yalta is a whole armful of letters and telegrams. But it's not my fault, since got stuck there for a week because I had Straseni flu. I just got today and tomorrow in whatever was going away to Yalta from this dirty place.   Three lectures, hard-established again in Sevastopol and Evpatoria, had to cancel.   Jolly istoriyka! Well, bis (in Ukrainian - the devil, and not what bis - "Bravo") with her.   Kitty, if you have not yet written - write in Yalta. Do not be a pig, especially that from such a small Kitties nice big pigs will still not work.   How to deal with Oskin rest?   He was traveling to Yalta.   I got a reading to the sick room and sanatorium in Yalta on the table for two weeks, Oska could arrange the same.   Dazzling would, of course, to see Kitty on the balcony of Yalta! .. But a piece of gold pieces crumble, and other debris, and do not know.   According to my observations, I became horribly proletarian poet, and no money, and do not write poetry.   Lisik dearest, tell me, please, immediately.   You must not imagine how I miss your lines. I kiss you and hug you own one, and love.   All yoursSchen.   Worst kiss Osika.   Mr. 15/VII--26  98VA Katanyanom  [Yalta, August 3, 1926]   Please Talk to delay release of fininspektorom. You must first publish Moscow. Telegraph Yalta, hotel Russia. Best regards.Mayakovsky.  99In MOSFINOTDEL  [Moscow, August 26, 1926]  In Mosfinotdel

Fininspektoru 17th areaOw. Mayakovsky  Statement   I have received a notice of No 273 for payment of tax for the second half of 1925/26, on the amount of 2335 r. 75 K.   The amount of this for me and pay monstrous it, I absolutely can not, what is known and fininspektoru, my ex and an overview of my "property."   Please review the question of my taxation, taking into consideration the following:   I) Failure to me is not explained by the declaration of avoidance of reporting their earnings, but the fact that in a complex poetic production is almost impossible to take into account the production costs and the method of their determination. For this work need only started the whole scientific papers.   I therefore instead of filing the declaration personally visited regularly fininspektora and pointed at your income and the interest of my expenses to total income. I was convinced that such an explanation completely replaces the declaration, especially as it was extensive and detailed than a simple list of declarations. In addition, being in constant traveling, I just missed the deadline itself. Of the last 6 months, 4 1/2 months I have been on the road.   II) is not taken into consideration my expenses. In the main they are:   1) The costs of travel. All the years I go, and this horse is the source of my work. (My latest book, "Paris", "My Discovery of America," "Havana, Am. Ocean", as well as journal articles and poems: "Germany", "Norderney", "Flag," "Havana," "Indians" and etc., etc. - only the result of travel.)   I take the price of two flights: the most expensive made of me and the cheapest.   The American Journey (only the cost of the movement):   Moscow - Saint-Nazaire ....... 100 USD.   Saint-Nazaire - Vera croup ....... 250 "   Mexico City - New York City. 150 ....... "   New York - Chicago ........ 100 "   Chicago - The New York ........ 100 "   New York - Le Havre ......... 200 "   Havre - Moscow .......... 100 "   $ 1000. 2000 rubles. 180 rubles. per month   Travel Germany and France:   Moscow - Konigsberg ....... $ 100.   Königsberg - Berlin ....... 10 "   Berlin - Paris .......... 35 "   Paris - Berlin .......... 35 "   Berlin - Königsberg ........ 10 "   Konigsberg - Moscow ........ 100 "   $ 240. 480 rubles. 40 rubles. in m-n   Total, I think the average consumption per month for travel, counting only tickets - 110 rubles. - For 6 months. - 660 rubles.   2) Travel around the city, because I lived in Sokolniki, and now for the Taganskaya area in the absence of state-owned means of communication and the need for daily trips and late return from the lectures and meetings, printing, night edition - RR 5. a day - 150 rubles. per month for six months - 900 rubles.

   3) Work typist 50 printed pages <ca> 100 pages <Anica> on the machine. At 5 copies (text + book + full. Works, Vol. Op. + Archive, lectures) on page 50 because - 50 rubles. per month - 300 rubles.   4) The materials for writing. 1 foot of lined paper, a simple stop, notebook drafts, ink, pencil, tape machine, a folder for papers, etc. - 30 rubles. per month - 180 rubles.   5) The materials for painting, drawing and sketching (in my income includes wages and illustrations), ink, color ink, brush, Whatman paper, T-square, board of drawing, etc. - 50 rubles. per month - 300 rubles.   6) Workshop for the work (for meetings, to work on drawing, for the archive, etc.). I mean, according to the request and allowed the People's Commissariat <Ia> Supreme Economic Council, a special room (20 p. Premises <enie>, 4 p. Electric <eskoe> Scroll to Backlight Compensation <enie> 1, p. Water, cleaning 5 p.) - 30 rubles . per month - 180 rubles.   7) Books, magazines and newspapers for work, the library, to send abroad and the Soviet Union in order to promote our art, bookbinding and library expenditure - 80 p. per month - 480 rubles.   8) Secretarial costs: distribution of materials, archival work, photos, journals, scrapbooks, and office, etc. - 40 rubles. per month - 240 rubles.   9) Equipment - the cost of furniture, writing <th> machine, shelves, etc. - 30 rubles. per month - 180 rubles.   10) Phone in the studio and at home, especially necessary in the newspaper business - 90 rubles.   11) Treatment (depreciation) 1 - 1 1/2 months of the year resort on the 20 <120?> P. a month pocket money on treatment - 200 rubles.   12) Expenditure on prozodezhdu for drawing and lithographic work, half of the year - 120 rubles.   13) The cost of "representation". As one of the founders of a movement in art, which is the most active half of the art of the USSR, I was obliged to enter into various relationships with artists from different countries, taking them at home, and work to organize and unite young literature <urnyh> forces. This work requires the economic costs of stenography, dress for performances, etc., I think, an average of 60 rubles. per month - 480 rubles.   14) Special expenses this year. With the complete works to pay for editing and enter, articles - 1000 p.   15) A list of the complete works - 200 p.   16) for the purchase of materials for the magazine "LEF" - 900 p.   17) Contribution to the union - 120 p.   6350 p.   Total amount - 9935   Expenditures - 6530   3405 rubles.     So my take-home pay is equal to 3405 r., But it is exaggerated, since the tech <infringe> year I have been sold in the Guise complete works, a fact come with a writer once in a lifetime. In addition, from this amount every month I give mothers, located on my dependents, 150 p. (Two sisters and mother, while working, but in need of annual obligatory spa treatment - articular rheumatism and the effects of concussion). This sum of 900 rubles. for the six months it is necessary to deduct from my salary and I have to be

subject only to the amount in 2505 p. From this amount, making 2333 p. 75 kopecks. tax of course, I can not get.   By the nature of my work that I can not turn in the clerical, of course, I do not keep any accurate accounting notes on the parishes - cost, but all my expenses can easily be checked and confirmed fininspektorom union in terms of production costs, as well as income, since I work exclusively in gosizdaniyah and institutions. To this we must add that, despite the fact that my work - social work, often performed under direct assignments of various state institutions and bodies (Commissariat of Education, the Committee of the Paris exhibition, etc.), I do not use a single free service State and not spend a single penny breech. For example, I myself had to equip and repair the ruined apartment. In addition, while traveling abroad, I do not use them for profit from speeches and lectures, and speaking only at the suggestion of our embassy or foreign workers and party organizations - or for free or at prices barely covering organizational costs.   It is therefore not surprising that at the present time I have to pay a portion of the tax balance is as follows: 25 rubles. Cash and 1950 rubles. debt, not including tax, to cover the Giza which issued the writ.   I can pay no more than half of 300 - 350 rubles. tax and then, if he told me to allow repayment by installments, as a worker.   This statement of mine should be assumed to be constant, since in the course of several years of earnings does not change (3,000 rubles. In this half of the surplus produced in the complete works, do not have to be considered as an accident and the money went entirely to the costs referred to in my statement, and to cover the theft occurred, the consequence of which was my duty in 1950 rubles).. Earnings this equals 6,000 rubles. at 50 - 55% of the organizational and production costs.   Please take into consideration the statement and in the subsequent imposition of tax on me.   This statement is not random, and thought me and put out of my entire poetic and theoretical work, in confirmation of what I refer to my work: 1) "How to write poetry," "Red Virgin Soil," 2) "In the workshop of the verse," "New world ", 7 - 8, and 3)" A Conversation with fininspektorom about poetry. " Poem.   Please take into account the statement by me, and to reduce taxation to the rules, if asked, and I have proved.   Any other solution is fundamentally undermine my work.Vladimir Mayakovsky.   Mr. 26/VIII--1926   Moscow, Lubyanka, etc., 3/12, and Hendrick Lane., 15/5.  100In MOSFINOTDEL  [Moscow, September 3, 1926]In MosfinotdelFininspektoru 17th area  In addition,I have submitted to the explanatory note to report:

   An amount of 900 rubles. for the purchase of material for the "Lef" I think the production flow, as in the first place: the work of the present writer (and mine as a representative of the whole of the literary group, which did not have the last few years an independent organ) is not an individual work, and related achievements, inventions and handling issues with all the comrades in the literary group. Because of this acquisition is not yet printed materials, and for my personal production is the moment, qualifying and raised in the future, my own products. Second, our magazines are not a commercial venture, but serve only to identify our literary line, correctness and propaganda that is both literary and strengthen each member of the literary associations and me in particular. So I purchase the materials are not wearing, of course, not the least, "patronage" shade is my own production costs.Ow. Mayakovsky.  101BOARD MEMBER HFSA BJ LIVSHITS  [Moscow, September 29, 1926]Dear Comrade Lifshitz.   In response to your two letters I sent you two telegrams, so that the essence of you already know, there are only a short motivation.   1) With deep regret learned to defer payments until October 6 - 7 and the first time, reconciled with his sad fate of the author, in full confidence that I will receive Followed (900 - 750) is exactly at the appointed time by you.   2) Scenarios for posting only to adjust, since the greatest delicacy could not find anything requiring changes. Changes will be made only as a result of discussions with the script by director-producer, and the final version of the inscriptions give only the mounting films. Such are the works to make every writer of every scenario, regardless of pre-literary qualities of the script. As you may recall, is what I said when ordering and delivery scenarios, and even asked for inclusion in the contract item of payment of my way to the place of production to "interference with business." It is this attitude, I think honesty writer, that is what I mentioned in my very proper and flattering for the HFSA note, and it is with this attitude I approach my work is very interesting me in the HFSA.   For me, it is clear that you're in the moment of writing the letter did not read my own notes. She can not have two interpretations. Fantastic transfer is obviously the result of "competing writers' regulars editorial baskets. It is also nice for the first time I had to learn from you about my going to Roomu and other enchanting things. I think the issue we do not have a return.   I consider it necessary to reiterate that the result of my productions scenarios critically depend on the ability of the director, as the European type my scripts (mounting frame and not fable development), we have new.   Three. I would be most likely in Kharkiv on 11 October (obviously, will give a lecture). The 14th is going to need, and ordered me to bring the script.   It is extremely astounds me your mention of some of my special "snap". Neither the size of the fee, or payment terms, I far as I know, not isolated from other writers, that when my undeniable literary skill seems to me endearing youthful naivete.   The only thing I have is - is the belief in the inviolability of the virgin of contracts and the need to perform their precision, you must have already appreciated by seeing me in a minute politely designated within the scenarios in their hands.

   Take over an idyllic description of my figure by bending of you my performance in the other direction.   4. The script on the tenth of October, I'll take to do it with pleasure. Main your position that it would be contrary to pathetic to hilarious scenarios - welcome. The theme proposed by you, do not think udobovypolnimoy. It seems to me impossible to hold the whole scenario is realized metaphor of "the child - the USSR." Even in a literary work such long romp with a metaphor is not convincing.   For its part, the townsfolk offer istoriyku two brothers (maybe - my sister), both running from the red guns - one ended up abroad, the other, hanging on his own pants, climbing over the fence, willy-nilly, is sitting in the USSR. In the future, the story develops brothers: Foreign polkartiny to getting better, our - all the worse. The other half is "contrary". The picture develops talent as a foreign brother petitioned for the return of the remaining brother.   On this canvas you can fine home to play the entire history of our victories and achievements, summing up to a decade of apotheosis.   I need to get a response to this proposal as soon as possible, so as Comrade. Brick, with which I'll write this script in three weeks - a month goes.   If you agree with my proposal, please write to me with the application of the agreement (obviously, you have taken on the same conditions).   I look forward to you the letter and I will be glad to see in person.   With greetings.   Moscow, 29/IX--26 was

102In to the Province Tax Commission  [Moscow, October 30, 1926]  In the provincial tax commission  StatementVladimir Mayakovsky     Because the district committee of the Central District in its October 30 meeting did not take into consideration all the costs of me, please review my case and to lower taxes and a fine up to the minimum, taking into consideration all the features of the poetic work.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 30/X--26  103Lili  [Krasnodar, November 29, 1926]  Dear, dear, dear,native and beloved kisyachy detik lis1.   I am wildly miss you terribly and miss you all (by "you all"?) 2.

   I drive like a madman.   Already read: Voronezh, Rostov, Taganrog, Rostov, again, Novocherkassk, and again twice in Rostov, Krasnodar, now sitting in the evening I will not read, and wheeze - I implore the organizers, so they drove me to Novorossiisk, and I implore the organizers, so I rode also in Stavropol.   Read difficult. I read every day, for example, on Saturday read in Novocherkassk on 8 1/2 pm to 12 3/4 nights, asked to speak as early as 8:00 am at the university, and 10 - in a cavalry regiment, but was abandoned because of 10:00 went to Rostov and read from 1 1/2 RAPP to 4.50, and 5.30 in the shops already in Lenin and does not refuse: to work and free!   Rostov - is not a rose!   The local chronicler said to me, walking down the street:   "They say - the genius and evil are incompatible, as we have in Rostov they merged together." Translated, it means that they have broken a few months ago and joined into one sewer and water pipes! Now do not drink tap water, and boiled to drink no later than 4 hours after the boil, and then we say that some "draft".   Can you imagine what I did in Rostov!   I was drinking seltzer and Narzanov washed and cleaned - and even now the whole Shipley.   Teas and soups are not touched for three days.   Such is the intellectual life.   From a spiritual and romantic side, too, does not matter.   The only case of a romantic and that is quite strange. After the lecture, Novocherkassk I was invited by the office of a local professor of chemistry and diligently watered my own wine from their own vines beakers and test tubes, and incidentally gave his 63-year-old poetry. Since the wine was wonderful, and no snacks except different "Yes manganese anhydrides," then quickly had to cheer up and kiss in love with the poetry of a chemist.   Cones are very thin and if they just put on the table, they are, it turns out, broken, and I quickly realized this and took up his flat glass, but only saw the cover, and the students in a glass of stolen memory so that the university is no loss, but I am even more afraid of Rostov and completely disarmed.   We'll have to boil the seltzer and wash their dishes, but how do you know - a seething seltzer or not, since he always hisses and let bubbles?   It is dangerous to live, says the writer Elsa Triolet.   That's all events. Did you get the money? I sent them by mail in order to bring you straight to bed.   Do not know yet whether I'll go to Kiev, a very necessary and very much want to.   If you do not go, I'll be in Moscow on Sunday-Monday, if you go - Tuesday-Wednesday.   Do not forget me, my dearest, I love you terribly, and I'm your terrible

Schen

Kiss Oska.   Krasnodar, 29/XI--26 was     Osik, look for the Lef, kiss you.Your Deputy Wall.     This is called a <aemoe> sun. (Note Mayakovsky).   2 Ask Osya prokorrektirovat. (Note Mayakovsky).  104ATTORNEY ER KORINETS  [Moscow, April 14, 1927]  Trust   translation of my book, "My Discovery of America" Comrade. Ellie Richardovna Korinets, as well as negotiating with publishers on its publication in German.Mayakovsky,member of the Lit. Section Voks.   Mr. 14/IV--27  105Vaclav PETER  [Prague, April 25, 1927]  Pan Václav Petr, nakladatel, Praha 11, Lützowova, 27.   Udilím Vám autorská práva pro? Eskê vydání svê knihy "M? J objev Ameriky".   Za tato práva zaplátite m? K?. In 1700. - Jeden-tisfcsedmset korun? S.   Potvrzuji Vám timto zárove? p? íjem to? In 1700. - Jedentisícsedmset.V. Majakovski.     V Praze dne 25 dubna 1527.  Vaclav lord Peter, publisher, Prague 11, <st.> Lyuttsova, 27.

   You have the copyright on the Czech edition of my book "My Discovery of America."   For these rights you pay me 1700 hours Co. - one seventeen hundred Czech crowns.   However, you acknowledge receipt of the 1700 hours Co. - one thousand seven hundred Czech crowns.Vladimir Mayakovsky.   In Prague, 25th of April 1927  106Lili  [Paris, May 7, 1927]  My wonderful, darling and beloved Lilik.   As soon as I staggered into the "Istria", now brought to your letter - do not even have time to take my hat off. I am wildly happy future life, and has conducted in accordance with your Inscription - took care of Elsa, I thought about the car, etc., etc.   My life is very nasty and extremely nadoednaya. I do everything in order to minimize the length of stay in these fuckin abroad.   Today I have a great evening in Paris. Flakserman go down (he's here for various auto-aerodelam). We will have dinner and go read. Ninth meal in Berlin (the eighth was not tickets), the tenth reading in Berlin and from there to Moscow via Warsaw (not yet given visas - only transit).   In Prague, had covered the whole hand, so many of his books ponadpisyval. Autographs - Czechoslovak mania, like collecting stamps. Czechs met wonderful, was a tremendous evening for up to a thousand people - have sold all the tickets and then began to sell the ticket stubs, sold half of them, and then just people leaving for lack of space.  107ATTORNEY PI Lavut  [Moscow, June 26, 1927]  Power of attorney   I hereby authorize the gr. Pavel Ilyich Lavut technical organization of my lectures in cities Simferopol, Eupatoria, Sevastopol, Yalta, Novorossiysk, Tiflis, Baku, Batumi, Kutaisi.   Valid for three months.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 26/VI-27  108PI Lavut  [Moscow, July 18, 1927]   I think the device useless lectures Kharkov in the summer. Prefer lecture Lugansk in the fall. Notify days of lectures Crimea. Please cancel the transferring <at> Autumn Lecture Kharkov, Lugansk. If you can not undo, telegraph, quickly going away.

Mayakovsky.  109In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  [Moscow, July 22, 1927]  In lit. thin. Department of Giza   Given the need for partial processing of the third part of the poem "October" please allow me to present the last part of the 7 August. wasOw. Mayakovsky.  110PI Lavut  [Moscow, July 24, 1927]     I start the twenty-fifth of July to early September. Wire in detail in advance.Mayakovsky.  111In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  [Moscow, August 5, 1927]  In literary and art department GizaComrade. Beskin.  Comrade Osip Martynovich.   I send the ending of the poem. After reviewing the work in general, yet leave some space in the name of the whole. Print. Of course, I will work on the poem and the next. If need be, made possible additions and changes to the proof. Please take this very proofreading Osip Brik.   Best regards.     August 5, 1927.     Appendix - 14 pages.  112Lili  [Yalta, August 10, 1927]  Dear, dear, dear face!   How are you? How Osik? How dear sons of bitches our bulldogs?   I live in Yalta, rather, it is so called, because I go to read all the directions.

   I read 2 times Lugansk once Stalino, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Alushta, and more.   I live in Yalta with the citizen, with him, in most cases razezdyvayu. However, in Alushta traveled with Luelloy, which went to some Vale Shahor, which she felt for Shaher, and at the first meeting of a squeaky screaming the whole dining room kurzalnuyu: <...> I shamefully Tupile eyes.   15th reading in Yalta, then 19 and 21 of Evpatoria and Simferopol, and I think from the 1st to the 10th of the Caucasus, from the tops of whose in Moscow.   Detik, I have a lot of requests to you:   1) Get in the "Young Guard" forty ducats (must be received no later than the fifteenth, or they will send me in the Crimea), and these gold coins take thee. (The power of attorney is attached.)   2) know whether "Mol <odaya> Guard" my second part of the poem.   3) Get to know, please, Beskin, passed through a red. My plan for the sixth volume of collected works.   4) As at Giza with the publication of my poem October? Proofs of this poem beg Osya reconcile with the utmost care.   5) How are you all from the apartments, repairs, and other villas?   6) Ask for a copy gizovsky Osika compare with the passage of the poem, sent for the "Lef" and enter the appropriate changes to gizovsky instance. That's it.   Many?   Be good, own one, tell me all the detailed letter to Yalta.   I kiss you and miss you.All your Schen.   Mr. 10/VIII-27  113N. Smolich  [Yalta, 22 - August 23, 1927]     Please come to Yalta. I would be up to thirty. Hey.Mayakovsky.  114Lili  [Yalta, 26 August 1927]     Provide the name of the State Publishing House October poem well. The subtitle of the poem October. Parts do not. Writing individual poems ordinal Arabic numbering. Ceasing to last the penultimate poem. Third meal lectures Kislovodsk. Around the fifteenth happy'll Moscow. I kiss my only kisyachyu osyachyu family.All your Schen.  115In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  

[Yalta, August 28, 1927]In literary and art department Gosizdat  Comrades!   Inform you of changes to my final poem, October, and ask them to bring in proof-reading.   1) Cover;  MayakovskyGood!     (Please give the name in subsequent newspaper ads).   2) The title page:  Good!(October poem).     3) The poem is not divided into parts, the individual poems give ordinal Arabic numerals from 1 to 23.   4. The twenty-third verse (the latter):     "I   the globe ... "     Twenty-two:     "In nine   here   October and May ... "     Five. Change in the first verse instead:     Epic -   times and the people   days and the sun -   epos   Epic does not see -   blindly.   I   no epics do not,   no epics.     Fix:     Time   thing   unusually long -

   there were times -   have been epic.   No epics,   no epics   no epics.     Everything.   Please proofread one more time to pass by Comrade. Osip Brik.Ow. Mayakovsky.     28/VIII--27 city and Yalta.

116In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  [Moscow, 27 September 1927]  In literary and art department Giza     In response to your letter to inform:   On my return from abroad, I have been concluded with Gizom contract for all available items in the "Roman", "Drama", "My Discovery of America" and "Spain, the Atlantic Ocean, Havana" (poems). I managed to pass the last two books. Work on the "Drama" and "Roman" was delayed due to the great work occurred (also for Giza) over the October long poem. This is extremely difficult poem, handed over a period of Giza, except for separation from other works, yet I was very tired. After a month's rest in the hope of 4, 5 timesyachny time to fulfill all its obligations.   I have repeatedly offered to eliminate all material obligations under the contract, but the literary and art department pointed out to me is always on the desirability of continuing the contract in force and delayed day of delivery of books.   If interested in Giza and now these books, ask to extend the term of the contract in accordance with my instructions on time.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 27/IX--27  117ATTORNEY PI Lavut  [Moscow, October 5, 1927]  Power of attorney   I hereby authorize Paul Ilyich Lavut technical organization of my lectures in Moscow and Leningrad.   Indeed month.Vladimir Mayakovsky. Moscow.   Mr. 5/H--27  

118N. Smolich  [Moscow, mid-October 1927]     I'll come Leningrad twenty-sixth day, bring the text. Best regards.Mayakovsky.  119In the Lenin Institute  [Moscow, October 20, 1927]  In the Lenin Institutefrom the editors of the magazine "New Lef"(Lubyansky Ave, 3, Apt. 12)  Statement   We ask permission for placement on the cover of the October issue (No 8 - 9) of the magazine "New Lef" pictures of Lenin with a movie film frame to the E. Shub 10 - <Fly> th of October.Ow. Mayakovsky.   20.10.27. Moscow  120In the Provincial FOR LITERATURE AND PUBLISHERS  [October 1927]  As I will destroy     Literary Group Lef make a popularisation of his theory and practice, published in the 7-published issues of the journal "New Lef".   In addition, the poem will be read Aseeva and Mayakovsky dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution.   In conclusion, members of the LEF will share with the audience his memories of the October Revolution.The editors of the magazine "New Lef"Ow. Mayakovsky.  121N. B. Khmelnitsky  [Leningrad, November 1, 1927]  My dear and good Natalochka.   Really could be the case that I, being in Kharkiv, not rushed to you?

   If I could make such a nasty, of course, to himself'm full of contempt and indignation. In any case, this will be fixed in my very first, very fast, my trip to Kharkov.   I am writing to you from Leningrad - read infinite (the 12th time!), His new poem, "Good!" and help her rehearse in b. Mikhailovsky Theatre. With the same poemischey hope to enter the Kharkiv.   Your letters received. But the lack of response to them - not my reluctance. Each Your kind letter I received a month and a half after it was written. In the meantime, I experienced the horror of untimely receipt - took another month.   So do not be angry with me, and if you are in Moscow, immediately ask me to clear my eyes.   Hi, your sister and your rare wonderful parents.I shake his hand.Your Mayakovsky.   1.XI.27.  122THE CLUB PLANT "DYNAMO"  [Moscow, November 19, 1927]Dear comrades!   Just in case you can not come, I send you from the "Lef" beautiful poet comrade. Kirsanov.Vladimir Mayakovsky.  123Osip Brik  [Kharkov, November 22, 1927]Osik.   I send stateykishku and chronicle. Devices, please, and be sure that I've seen "LEF" in the manuscript. It is not difficult and does not hold up.Your Wall.  124AA MAYAKOVSKY  [Novocherkassk, November 27, 1927]  Dear, dear, and dear little mother.   You are very good and kind mother in the whole world, and so, of course, is not angry with me because I could not go before you leave. I suddenly went terribly, but since it was Sunday, it was impossible to call a taxi - all stalls are closed on Sundays. In short, I ran to the train directly from lefovskogo meeting, munching phrase on the road. It must have already been Lilechka you and as an authorized representative to tell you all this by heart. Now I am writing from Novocherkassk, an hour going to Rostov, Rostov, and from hope to the Caucasus - in Tiflis, and perhaps even in Kutaisi.   In Moscow, coming in 20th of December, shave, and immediately arrive to you.

   I am glad that I was going into heat, and - if possible resting and saturated, so to stand before Your eyes are beautiful, pink-cheeked young men.   I kiss you, dear Mother.   Kiss Luda and Olga.Your entire parish.   Mr. 27/HI--27  125TO THE EDITOR Tiflis newspaper  [Tbilisi, 10 - December 11, 1927]     Extreme fatigue and sore throat, continuous performances from October 26, sometimes three times a day in large unheated areas, forcing me to leave Tiflis, interrupting their reports and reading.   I apologize to the friends that I made a promise to speak and could not do this, first of all at Tiflis, and members of Lef proletpisateley.    126The pop section of the Moscow DRAMA SOCIETY OF WRITERS AND COMPOSERS  [Moscow, January 10, 1928]  In the pop sectionby Vl. Mayakovsky  Statement   I think it impossible to transfer the collection of information about the executable works) to the author invalid.   Of the artists I know my stuff on the posters and personal messages: Kachalov, Harkavy, Elias, Elga Kaminsky, "Blue shirt", etc.Ow. Mayakovsky.   10/I-28.  127PI Lavut  [Leningrad, January 19, 1928]     Leaving Moscow on the twentieth. Buy a ticket. Hey.Mayakovsky.  128In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  [Moscow, February 14, 1928]

  In the State Publishing HouseLiterary and Artistic. department  Statement   Please expedite the second edition of my poem, "Good!", Accepted for publication in accordance with the negotiations with Comrade. Veskinym, in January, with the former. The poem was "Good!" sold out, but due to the high cost could not get to work and university reader a lot.   Abuse on the price rose repeatedly in letters and the press.   To reduce the cost of a complete book, I agreed to a minimum fee proposed by my department in the 20 k line.   Amount due to me for a poem, I ask to write off all my debt to Giza.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 14/II-28

129ATTORNEY PI Lavut  [Moscow, February 14, 1928]  Power of attorney   I hereby authorize the PI Lavut technical organization of my lectures in the cities of Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, and Bryansk, Aleksandrovsk, Vinnitsa.   Valid through April 15.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 14/II--28  130JA BOGACHINSKOMU  [Moscow, 12 - March 15, 1928]     I confirm my speech in Odessa, March 22 categorically. I'll come in the morning twenty-second. Cancel the previously announced evening caused exclusively by disease and ban doctors.Mayakovsky.  131HEAD Gosizdat AB Khalatov  [Moscow, March 15, 1928]  Tov. KhalatovState Publishing House  Dear Comrade

   I have to draw your attention to the endless red tape and illegal in the publication of my collected works.   According to the agreement of No 7582 (1925) I was sold Giza Works in five volumes (Volume VI purchased an additional contract).   Term edition 1 1/2 years ago.   At the request of Giza I was signed "addendum to the contract No 7582."   I quote two paragraphs of the agreement:   § 6. State Publishing House undertakes to publish the V and I is the complete works of Vladimir Mayakovsky no later than March 1, 1927.   § 7. In § 9, changing the contract between the State Publishing House, and Mayakovsky in 7582 No State Publishing House undertakes the complete works of the last pass into production no later than January 1, 1928.   Thus the term in § 6 expired a year ago, § 7 - Three months ago, and the contract the State Publishing House again failed.   A fragmented V is released, apparently in jest, especially for the failure of the sale of the book as "Works" for a relatively expensive price of buying mainly library and the subscriber, and odd volumes the library to nothing, and subscribe to them to announce it is impossible. Of course, saves to buy such books and personal shopper.   Attributing all these, to put it mildly, a "misunderstanding" of the past time, doing one more attempt to resolve our relationship and ask:   A. Immediately put into the production of all the volumes of my complete works, capturing the final, hard period of book production.   Two. Declare a subscription to the "assembly", giving me the opportunity to campaign for the book and collect subscribers to his many performances in Moscow and the provinces.   It should be added that the payment works extremely low. 1) 200 rubles, ie, below the price list of prose, poems per page, 2) polistnoe numbered 750 lines on a sheet, whereas a normal sheet of poetry is paid at the rate of 450 lines. I deliberately went to these conditions, hoping to get a cheaper and more "Collected Works", a necessary and my reader, and I for further work. In this regard the publication of my books is my account lose any ground.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 15/III-28  132In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  [Moscow, March 16, 1928]  In literary and thin. Department of Giza     Please deferred for three months under contracts for "Drama" and "novel".Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 16/III--28  133Meyerhold  

[Moscow, 12 May 1928]     If you agree, you and I discussed previously, I think, a good play happens. Hey.Mayakovsky.  134Head of theFOR THE ARTS RSFSR People's CommissariatAI Svidersky  [Moscow, June 25, 1928]  In GlaviskusstvoTov. SviderskyDear Comrade   I ask your assistance in my trip (round trip on the Moscow - Beijing - Tokyo - Buenos Aires - New York - Rome - Paris - Constantinople - Odessa) for correspondence, for lighting the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" daily life and the lives of young people and to continue the series of my works on the world after the revolution and war.   Please Glaviskusstvo:   A. To support the motion before the Monetary Authority to grant me permission to export 6,000 rubles in foreign currency at the rate of payment for tickets, 10 rubles per diem (6 months) and $ 500 for a deposit when you move the border NAUS.   Two. To assist in the renewal of passports obtained on the said route.   Three. Communicate with the PCFA in facilitating obtaining foreign visas.   4. Refer to the proposal VOKS on mutual respect of our work to support my trip and use it for general cultural information about the Soviet Union (speeches, lectures) through cultural attache "Company".   Five. Give me the necessary travel traveling certificate.   I enclose: 1) the assignment of the Komsomol and the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" from the city of 14/VI--28 No 576 (given that Svidersky).   2) Identity (and copy) of the Komsomol Central Committee and the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" in the name of the Monetary Authority, the 14/VI--28 for No 577.     Moscow, 25IV/--28 was  135In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  [Moscow, the end of June 1928]  In the literary artist. department  Statement   Offered Giza VII is my collected works, 20 sheets (15 page <s> poems, 2 and 3 piece sheet sheet items) at the rate of 300 r. per sheet. That rent on the date specified Gizom - not later than September 1 (final).

   Approximate list is attached.Ow. Mayakovsky.  Volume VII of MayakovskyI     1) The mass is not clear   2) Cast Iron Pants   3) Yekaterinburg - Sverdlovsk   4) The Emperor   5) The Blue trouser stripe   6) The Crimea   11) Beer and Socialism   12) Electricity - the kind of energy   a) Red Moor   b) Turned elephants   c) Spring Night   13) Take a new rifle   14) Don households account   15) Sugar Plum   16) Employees of the verse and prose   17) "General" and "mine"   18) Unemployment   19) Slightly cheeky lyrics ...   20) In the summer people go on vacation ...   21), campaigner   22) The Jew   23) Bay, white and green   24) Fist   25) Mr. Bourgeois in   26) self-criticism   27) Light Cavalry   28) Summer event   29) Kazan   30) 's get the second!   31) The Cultural Revolution   32) Story of the caster   33) Arsenal Leninists   34) Give whistles!   35) Uncle em es pe of   36) Schoolboys   37) Bohemian   38), Baku   a) I understand you, Mr. Deterding   b) I do not understand you, Mr. Deterding   39) To Moscow!   40) May march

   41) Spring Song  II     42) Bug, a play  III     43) Letters - Articles  136PI Lavut  [Pushkin, July 21, 1928]     Leaving twenty-third, seven and twenty. Limit the Crimean lectures. Moscow should be required around the fifteenth August. During September, should be read before the Outside Moscow, Leningrad, Kharkov.Mayakovsky.  137VM Citizen  [Pushkin, July 21, 1928]     Dear Valery. Leaving Sebastopol twenty-third, seven and twenty. If your holiday coincides with a good ride. Provide Borjomi, poetry, fine friendship. Greet. Hi Bertha Yakovlevna, friends.Mayakovsky.  138People's Commissar for EDUCATION A. LUNACHARSKY  [Moscow, no later than July 23, 1928]  People's Commissar for Educationthat Lunacharsky  Dear Comrade   Under the program, among other living Hus of writers to be the study of the school, and I mean. Giz produces an urgent book of my literary works and their pedagogical and critical analysis. Unfortunately, the book pre-ordained Gus without the author's participation. So, in my book includes excerpts from "War and Peace", "Left March" and "Prozasedavshiesya," ie, items, written 8 - 12 years ago. Why not "A Cloud in Trousers", not "The Sun", not excerpts, "The Mysteries" and "Good"? Asked comrades wearily answer that is already decided, "commissions," hurry and can not be helped.

   The idea of a living teaching literature is beautiful and revolutionary, it should, and can appear (so far) only in the Soviet school, but it does not have to deface such academic-bureaucratic approach.   Since the question raises me, obviously, does not concern me one, and a number of writers to draw your attention to the question and ask you to convince the interested committees that:   1) The material for textbooks should select the most typical, modern and fully with the indispensable participation of the author.   2) The critical analysis should be to attract mates is not accidental, as in the past engaged in analysis of literary works of this kind (of course, tied to the requirements of the teacher).   I think that in a big hurry to make a living publishing books live - you can still make it.

139To the Editor of "The Crocodile"  [After July 23, 1928]     Please verse "Pompadour" replace "non-partisan roll under the table" with "Neutral sverzilsya under the table."Mayakovsky.  140CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD HFSA IO VOROBYEVA  [Alupka, July 25, 1928]  In the HFSAChairman of the Board that VorobievDear Comrade   In April, I received a notice of the HFSA "ban" repertkomom my script, "The Story of a revolver" and "Down with the fat" in connection with this proposal for the 2000 return of the advance.   Three-month illness and maturation would not let me turn to you immediately.   Taking leave, allow myself to draw your attention to the following:   1) It is unacceptable and amazing easy reference to "ban" Glavrepertkoma. When? Why not? How? I think that this rationale with respect to the Soviet writer is unacceptable and she could hardly take place without reference to the causes and without the possibility of change through repertkomovskih guidance.   I think that every unprejudiced person will surprise ban on ideological grounds (obviously) the script writer, a writer, a leading eleven great literary and journalistic work without a single word erased by our bodies.   I beg you to order the dispatch of motivated me to discharge prohibition.   2) Scenario I have made a direct request for Shub, and once that is taken as the libretto and the subject of proposals for additions and changes, koi have been made to me and the most conscientious manner.   Due to the requirement to return all advance this work (+ three trips to Kiev), obviously, was seen as part of the pleasure of my relationship with the HFSA.

   3) In all my relations with the scenario was a solid part of the HFSA omission - I was tossed from the editor to editor, editors invent non-existent in the movie guidelines, specific to each day, and apparently believed only in his capacity scenario.   I think that in regard to the artistic side scripting my qualifications allow me to insist on the need for in my paintings and scenic "principles."   Hardly an attitude of editors helps campaign for bringing the lift to the cinema of skilled literary forces.   If we fail to come to an understanding of the surrendered scenarios, of course, I will bring advances (excluding, in agreement with the federal tariff, Followed the work done for the course), but rather <a> to return to work - the script on the instructions of the HFSA.   Waiting for your reply.   Moscow, Lubyanka travel, 3, Apt. 12.Regards   25/VII--28g., Alupka.  141To the Editor of "Red Virgin Soil"  [Moscow, August 16, 1928]     To the Editor of "The Red Virgin Soil," Do not refuse the courtesy to publish the following:   Amazed cheeky tone semi-literate people writing in the "Red Virgin Soil," under the pseudonym "purple willow."   Further cooperation of my opinion unnecessary.Vladimir Mayakovsky.   Mr. 16/VIII--28  142In the General Administration of Literature and Publishing  [Moscow, August 25, 1928]  In Glavlit  A note to the evening, Vl. Mayakovsky     The task of the report show that small literary crushing outdated, and instead of group association literature to rally around the organization, leading a mass agitliteraturnuyu work - around newspapers, propaganda, commissions, organized by the revolutionary days of festivities. The need to abandon the literary sectarianism illustrated Lof, most of whose employees are working in the pioneering, in Komsomol press organs. Just go to this work gives a writer instead of the salon Support 7 - 10 like-minded criticism and support the vast organizations.   Literature-an end in itself must give way to the work of the social order, not only the order of newspapers and magazines, but all business and industrial establishments that have a need for polished speech.

   We are paying an excessive amount of force on negligible criticism of literary phenomena, leaving the critical stuff for everyday use. Bread, clothes, boots should be interested in the criticism, at least as much as Esenin.   Propaganda and educational work at least to fight for the purity of homes, against spitting on the street, for the abolition of handshakes, etc., should enjoy the rights of citizenship on a par with the literary poem and novel.   The conversation illustrated poems, published in "Pravda", "Komsomolskaya Pravda", "Working paper", "Crocodile".Ow. Mayakovsky.  143In the Leningrad GuberniaDEPARTMENT FORLiterature and Publishing  [Moscow, September 10, 1928]  In Leningrad I will destroy  Statement     Please issue a permit for a lecture on "Levey LEF."Ow. Mayakovsky.   10 / / X - '28  144In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat  [Moscow, October 8, 1928]  In literat.-artist. Department of Giza     I beg to defer delivery for 3 months of drama and romance. I am currently going on vacation for almost completion of the work performed.Vladimir Mayakovsky.     Mr. 8/X--28  145Lili  [Paris, October 20, 1928]  Dear, dear, wonderful mother and the Keys.   Unfortunately, I'm in Paris, which bore me senseless, nausea and disgust. Today, going for a few days in Nice (welled znakomitsy) and choose where to rest. Or justification for 4 weeks in Nice, or go back to Germany.

   Without the rest I can not work at all!   Of course, no day more than two months I was dead for me, these places will not stay.   Things have not yet ladyatsya.   Piscator yet bankrupt. Auspices of the Paris to be seen (small lektsiishki), all hope for, "Malik" - wants to sign a contract with me - depending on the quality of play (hard finishing). Due to this machine until just lick - looked specifically showroom.   Rutman, I could not find, they say he is away. Herzfeld gave the calf for the fact that he delivered papirosiki Rutman.   Shalit chronicle promised to send, though bred in bewilderment handles, offering instead pieces of a whole kulturfilm.   Of the arts can only look kiny, and where I walk every day.   Artists and poets are disgusting slippery oysters. Rotten. Lesson is very degenerated. Previously, auto manufacturers have done in order to buy pictures, now artists paint pictures, just to buy a car. Cars for them anything, just not the way to travel. But the way the movement is still indispensable.   Did you have that Haykis? He razmileyshy.   Love and kisses you own one. I hug and kiss Oska Bulka.Your Schen.     The telegram was Schen Berlin. Thank you for your letter.   Write, detik!     Mr. 20/X-28  146Lili  [Paris, October 29, 1928]     Scenario leading negotiations Rene Clair. If you will bring, hopefully, the car will be. Whole.Your Schen.  147Lili  [Paris, 12 November 1928]  My dear mother, and Kitty.   I stayed with this letter, because you sent a telegram to "buy" and has not yet translated into a past time "bought". But now, it seems nothing can hurt, and donations and through the good souls in the world I get enough money and nazarabotayu. Nice cars, you yourself must know how:

Drawing, of course, clumsy, but the card from katalozhitsy I gave together with the order, and the other yet.   I asked to make a gray, they said - if you have time, and then dark blue.   Will stay in Paris a little bit, to make typewriter itself from the factory, pack and send, and then zakanitelitsya for months. And while I sit and play and razdrakonivayu script. This is the first diesel, which is trying to gobble up renoshka.   Deco was delighted to read your letter about the "Kino-eye." By the way, I do not know how, but also traveling through Paris Shatov too badly vyhvalivala this eye - say - they say.   Kitty, Telephone directories, please Kostrov, that the poems I write with the benefit and pleasure, but for many of the amenities found or navezu them slightly later.   Lisit, translate, please telegraph thirty rubles - Penza, Krasnaya Str., 52, Apt. 3, Lyudmila Yakovleva Alexeevna.   Lilyok, if you fell for the proof that the slogans and reklamkami, poobsudi with axes, like those reklamki better print - pointless as they blow poetic script! Maybe the title case, afishnym over the whole page? Consider, please.   My life is a strange, not events, but with many details, it is not material for writing, but you can tell, going through bags, which I will do at least 8 - 10. Write and telegraph a lot and always.   I kiss you own one, and pretty, and lyubimenky.Your Schen.   Osika hug.   End renoshnyh vicissitudes - telegraphing.  148ATTORNEY PI Lavut  [Moscow, December 17, 1928]  Power of attorney   I trust Paul Ilyich Lavut technical organization of my lectures in the cities of Kharkiv, Poltava, Kremenchug, Nikolaev, Kherson, Kiev, Bryansk.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 17/XII--28     Action <Indeed> by Mr. 15/11--29  149In literary and artistic DEPARTMENT Gosizdat

  [Moscow, January 9, 1929]  In literary and art department GizaStatement     I think the right offer to the State to conclude a publishing house with me standing, the general agreement.   On the part of individual workers Giza I have repeatedly made offers to surrender Guise of my literary output. Now Guise is my main publisher, but still separate books are scattered on other publishers as a result of natural spun with the conclusion of small contracts. This parallelism is, of course, reflected in the publication of planning and organization of the Guise of my work.   The average annual number of my literary output is as follows:     Volume of collected works of about 20 sheets, 300 p. 6000 p.   Poem about 3,500 st <Rock> 75 since a <Rock> 2625 r.   Prose about 6 sheets of 350 p. 2100 p.   Children's books and agit. 1500 brochures p.   Total 12 225 p.     I think that if Guise entered with me and gave a general agreement would be about 1000 r. each month, you could significantly increase the planned publication of the circulation, and give me the opportunity to work outside the rush, not wasting time on a different contractual red tape.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 9/I-29  150In the General Administration of Literature and Publishing  [Moscow, 12 May 1929]  In Glavlit  by Vladimir Mayakovsky     I request permission to speak on the attached poster on "Old and new."   The main part of speech verses are printed in newspapers and magazines, poems, accompanied by commentary on the report, explaining the technology of the poetic work and the main path of development of modern poetry from the LEF, ie, formal innovation, the Refu (Revolutionary Front of Arts), ie to deliberate on the installation of the role of revolutionary proletarian art.Ow. Mayakovsky.   12/V--29.  151

ATTORNEY PI Lavut  [Moscow, 12 May 1929]Power of attorney   I hereby authorize Paul Ilyich Lavut technical organization of my papers in the cities of the Caucasus and the Crimea.   Indeed on September 1, 1929.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Moscow, 12 / V 1929  162Head of the literary art department, the State Publishing HouseGB Sandomierz  [Moscow, June 2, 1929]  Literary and Art Department of the State Publishing HouseComrade. Sandomierz  Dear Comrade   In response to your letter dated May 21, 29 No 116 report:   1) The rates adopted by us to pay for my work on major contract is minimal. (Enclose certificate FOSP.) The former payment of 200 rubles. List of poems (with no way justifies the inclusion in the list 750 lines) has been paid ugly, twice less than the payment, even prose (425 p. sheet Pilnyak, Ivanov and others). At the same runs.   2) A reference to the need to reduce the cost of massive one-sided book. You can not it cheaper to produce solely by the author. I have several times in order to reduce the cost of books produced maximum (lower tariff) gonorarnye concessions, but the State Publishing House has never used his right to the large circulation, distributing royalties to the Sx-000 edition, and thus artificially increases the cost of a book against the exact meaning of the contract. Cheap-circulation publication of my books produced by other publishers, diverged quickly and without residue.   3) The mass publication contract specifically provides for the smallest of the author's quotations.   4) In the normal rates offered Gizom to me to work out the contractual amount would have to write in a year is not less than 10 poems by 100 - 150 lines every day - in other words the proposal to move to schlock - the proposal is unacceptable to me.   5) With regard to the individual volumes of "Collected Works" I can, especially agreeing on a case by case, under certain conditions to apply the same rate as low as that for the mass media, as we talked with you.   I have no doubt that the State Publishing House recognize the full worth and my minimal conditions and relieve mild to author the need for constant revision of the already signed contracts and resolved that, unfortunately, was a frequent occurrence in the ancient practice of Giza. RegardsVladimir Mayakovsky.   Mr. 2/VI--29  

153HEAD GosizdatAB Khalatov  [Moscow, June 10, 1929]In the State Publishing HouseComrade. Khalatov  Dear comrade.   I ask you to pay attention and give urgent and decisive support of the following:   1) The publication of 2 books for the mass of cheap libraries "Chosen Mayakovsky" and "How to write poetry," the second, revised edition.   Statements last week and sales of books on the book market again convinced me in the demand for these missing books.   2) Promote, finally, the publicity around the publication of my collected works, which is not done despite two years of my instructions and your personal use Torgsektoru February 10. was   (The need to publish in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, publication of prospectus, etc.).   3) Promote the immediate conclusion of a contract for the publication of almanacs "Ref" (Revolutionary Front of Art).Vladimir Mayakovsky.   Mr. 10/VI--29  154DI Maryanov  [Moscow, June 22, 1929]David Ioannovich MaryanovBerlin.     Authorize you as a representative of the Moscow Society of dramatic writers and composers in Germany to protect my copyright on the public performance in Germany, my play, "Bug", staged at the conclusion of contracts and receive a bonus.Vladimir Mayakovsky.155AGREEMENT WITH DI Maryanov  [Moscow, June 22, 1929]  Agreement     I hereby, Mayakovsky, Vladimir Vladimirovich, give the right Maryanov DI authorized the transfer of my play, "Bug" in five acts by German and other languages, as well as give him the same right productions play "Bug" in the theaters of Europe and America.   Royalties shall be divided equally between me and the publishers, or translator.

   Authorize, subject to (for Germany) on "Malik Verlag", with whom I have total agreement, certificate of absence from his side constraints.Mayakovsky.   Mr. 22/VI—29

156PI Lavut  [Moscow, July 17, 1929]     I'm going straight when held up Kharkov, telegraphing.Mayakovsky.  157In the General Administration of Literature and Publishing  [Moscow, September 24, 1929]  In GlavlitExplanatory note     In his opening remarks, I explain the reasons that made Lef clean their ranks, to make changes to the program and take the name of the Ref, ie, the Revolutionary Front of the Arts.   The main reason - it is a struggle with the political indifference and conscious reliance on installation art as a propaganda of socialist construction. Hence the bare denial of the fact and demand in the arts and an orientation bias. As part of the executive will read my latest published work.Ow. Mayakovsky.   24/IX--29.  158The State Publishing House  [Moscow, October 2, 1929]In the States. ed.  Statement   Given the need to resolve complex theoretical issues related to the release of a new journal, declare that the collection of "Ref" will be delivered in finished form no later than December 1. city, and before then, please postpone the execution of the contract.From RefalOw. Mayakovsky.   2/X--29.  159In the Moscow Province of the Office of Literature and Publishing

  [Moscow, beginning in October 1929]  As I will destroy   The basis refovtsev speeches at the party at the Polytechnic Museum will be based on programmatic article of Comrade. O. Brik in No 12 "Books and Revolution."  160The State Publishing House  [Moscow, December 27, 1929]  In the States. ed.  Statement   We beg to defer delivery Sat <ornika> "Reference" to the 20th of January. Personally, I undertake to surrender the entire collection no later than the deadline.Ow. Mayakovsky.   27/XII--29.  161The board Izhora Works  [Moscow, January 1, 1930]   I can make between 7 and 10 January. Condition: travel, the rest is at the discretion of the club. Wire the day before the performance.Mayakovsky.  162In the Russian Association of Proletarian Writers  [Moscow, January 3, 1930]In the RAPPStatement   In the implementation of the slogan of the consolidation of all forces of proletarian literature, please take me to the RAPP.   1) There were no differences on the main lines of literary and political parties, held VOAPPom, I have never been.   2) Art and methodological differences can be resolved for the benefit of the case within the proletarian literature of the association.   I believe that all active refovtsy should draw the same conclusion, dictated all our previous work.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 3/I--30  163TO THE EDITOR "Komsomolskaya Pravda"

  [Moscow, 11 - January 13, 1930]   Please print the following:   In No 8 "Komsomolskaya Pravda" dated January 10, under the heading "Take care of the currency" is placed at the root of the wrong message about the "mission" M. and Lili.   A. No "public accounts" and no "currency" to travel volumes. Brick did not ask and do not ask, but strongly emphasized the full currency-free travel, as literary connections with the communist and left-wing publishers will Cdes. Brick spend two months abroad, and to perform the intended work without spending rates by the state.   It is clear that under these conditions play out what else talk about "marriage."   Two. Appeal to Glaviskusstvu Narkompros and went through the only ideological support, because we believed and believe Cdes. Brick people associated with the left revolutionary art of the 12th years of operation (Osip Brik - a prominent theorist of art, starting with "Art Commune", co-editor of "Lef" and "Reference", founder of the theory of social order, a researcher at the theory poetic language, Scripting, "descendant of Genghis Khan", "Opium" and many others. others, and Comrade. Lili - co-director of painting "Glass Eye" plakatchitsa "Window of Satire Growth", the first translator of the theoretical work of Gross , Wittfogel, constant participant of all the speeches of revolutionary art associated with Ref.) These companions can be called only in a manner foreign to total ignorance.   Continuing to support the feasibility of the ideological journey of ideological people ask, "Komsomolskaya Pravda" printed our letter.   From the Revolutionary Front of the Arts (Ref)Ow. Mayakovsky.164VV LYUTSE[Moscow, February 2, 1930]  Dear Lyutse.   I've heard about some trouble with the "bath". I beg you all to tell Lily Yuryevna, feel free to talk like me, on all counts. If I needed something to call - try to say.   Hey.Ow. Mayakovsky.   Mr. 2/II--30  165At the State Library of the USSR. VI Lenin  [Moscow, February 23, 1930]  In the Public Library of the USSR. Lenin   According to the proposal of the library - fully convey the exhibition "20 years".   According to the decision of the Assembly, and solutions 15.II.30 Shock Brigade must:   A. A separate area (for permanent display and work).   Two. Addition, in accordance with the Shock Brigade - new materials.   Three. Organized by the display of working the clubs of Moscow and other mountains. Union.

   Mr. 23.II.30  166Lili  {Moscow, March 19, 1930]Dear, dear, dear and beloved Keys.   Thank you for the card and letter. Bulka Shnayda looked with curiosity, but on the other card was offended. "Oh, well - he says - then, now Kitty is in the hands of various secular young lions, and had forgotten about us." I persuaded her that you do not forget, you come and you'll wear it too. Calmed down and promised to wait.   By the way, as the name and where to find our dacha sobachnitsu bulyachim with your husband? Write.   Maryanov - no need to make any plays, or attorney. MODPiK against it and has, as far as I know, he was replaced.   Trade union and apartment news so far in the manner of walking, but pretty sure.   Obolensky was very happy and all your greetings.   Kitty, if you will on my statement, be sure to come shots. If your pictures to make more and gray flannel pants, I'm not going to be offended.   The day before yesterday was the premiere of "Bani". I, except for the parts, like, in my opinion, first posed my thing. Strauch fine. Spectators are ridiculously shared - some say never so bored, others: never so fun. What they say and write on - no one knows.   We are all the same. New no rights. Dinner 5 <th> and the 20 th, 7 th and 12 th and showing off to each other otkrytikami yours.   All of you and you write and love you still, and some (we are) and more, because it is very bored. In early April, obviously, will be in Berlin Meyerhold. "The Bedbug" with them do not take, but I did not protest, because my setup - it's better like it in Saratov.   Of the new people (almost forgot) I have been a couple of times, and Semyon Klavka wanted (Loew) to introduce Aseev - I do not otbrykivalsya, and not eager to.   Young refovtsy also yearn for Océ.   E-mail, home, and come soon. You always kiss your

Kiss Elsa and Aragon.   19/III.  167In the Moscow SocietyDramatistsAND COMPOSERS  

[Moscow, the end of March 1930]  In MODPiK   Leave the royalties owed to me by productions of "Bath" - 31/III with. Mr. (matinee) [and 22 April. Mr.], hosted by the local committee GosTIMa, collection of which will go in favor patronized the theater pioneer home.Mayakovsky.  168  [Moscow, April 12, 1930]All     The fact that die, do not blame anyone and please do not gossip. The deceased is not terribly fond of this.   My mother, sisters and friends, I'm sorry - this is not the way (I do not advise others), but I have no way out.   Lily - love me.   Comrade government, my family - it's Lilya Brik, mother, sister and Veronica Vitoldovna Polonskaya.   If you give them a decent life - thank you.   Launched verses give Brik, they will understand.     As they say -   "Incident isperchen"   love boat   crashed against the everyday.   I am living in the calculation   and nothing to the list   mutual pains,   Bed   and resentment.     Good luck.Vladimir Mayakovsky.   Mr. 12/IV--30     Vappovtsy Comrades, do not take me cowardly. Seriozno - nothing to be done.  Hey.   Ermilov tell me what a pity - removed a slogan, it would be necessary dorugatsya. VM   At my desk in 2000 rubles. - Fill in the tax.   The rest get to Giza.VM  

NOTES

Abbreviations     BMM - Library-Museum of VV Mayakovsky.   "Vladimir Mayakovsky" - Vladimir Mayakovsky. Collection 1. Academy of Sciences. Institute of Literature. Publ. Academy of Sciences. M. - A. In 1940.   GAOR MO - State Archives of the October revolution and socialist construction of the Moscow region.   GBL - The State Library of the USSR Lenin.   GBSSCH - State Public Library, the Saltykov-Shchedrin (Leningrad).   GLM - The State Literature Museum.   Institute of World Literature - World Literature Institute named after M. Gorky USSR Academy of Sciences.   IRLI - Institute of Russian Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR ("Pushkin House", Leningrad).   Katanian - 45 - B. Katanian, Mayakovsky. Literary Chronicle. "Soviet Writer", M. 1945.   Katanian - 48 - B. Katanian, Mayakovsky. Literary Chronicle. The second, expanded edition, "The Soviet writer," [M] 1948.   Katanian - 56 - B. Katanian, Mayakovsky. Literary Chronicle. Third Edition, enlarged, Goslltlzdat, M. 1956.   FN - 65 - "Literary Heritage", Volume 65, ed. USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1958.   "Mayakovsky" - Mayakovsky. Materials and Research. Academy of Sciences. Institute of World Literature Gorky. Goslltlzdat, M. 1940.   "His experience" - LV Mayakovskaya experiences. From the memoirs of Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ed. "Dawn of the Orient", Tbilisi, 1957.   PSS - The Complete Works of Vladimir Mayakovsky.   TsGALI - Central State Archive of Literature and Arts of the USSR.   TsGAOR - Central State Archive of the October revolution and socialist construction.   CSHA - Central State Historical Archives (Moscow).   CSHA - Central State Historical Archive in Leningrad.     This volume is published annotated index of names and an alphabetical index of products (the entire collected works). Therefore, in contrast to other volumes, there is an explanation of names (including diminutives of names commonly used in the letters) the names and titles, as well as publishing the works of Mayakovsky location can not be found in the notes to individual works, and in the appropriate indexes.   In cases where the event or circumstances that require clarification, there are two or more texts, one section, these concepts are usually only commented on their first occurrence, and in the notes to the text of the following references in this section shall apply.  LETTERS, STATEMENTS. NOTES, telegram, Power of Attorney     This section includes documents from the epistolary heritage of Mayakovsky, with historical and literary or biographical value.

   The notes indicate the first complete publication, but if the lyrics to this edition were printed in fragments or abbreviations (in the book. Katanian V. Mayakovsky. Literary Chronicle, MA, 1945, 1948 and 1956, and in other publications), this special publication not specified in the notes, and says: "I fully published for the first time."   Since the vast majority of letters are preserved in the original, in the textual commentary the word "autograph" is not specified, in cases where the letters, statements, etc. are published on the copies, it is specified.   Almost all the letters to his family Mayakovsky (AA Mayakovskaya mother and sisters LV Mayakovsky Mayakovsky and OV) are stored at the LV Mayakovsky. All letters to Lili and Osip Brik kept by Lili. Therefore, the storage of these letters in the notes do not specify a storage location indicated only a few of those letters to relatives who are in the BMM.   Dates set by Mayakovsky, located below the text. Editorial date placed before the text to the right. Justification of the dating given in the notes.   Letters to 1917 inclusive, dated, old style, letters 1918 - 1930 - the new style.   In preparing the notes to the letters published in Volume 65 "Literary Heritage," in part on comments to this publication. All letters to Lili were published in Volume 65 "Literary Heritage," so the publication of these letters in the notes is not specified.   Some of the letters provided with drawings of Mayakovsky. From the drawings reproduced are those that replace the signature or otherwise associated with the text.  A     Posted on (facsimile): CAP, an additional issue, 1938.   The letter is written in a spiral from the center of the circle (see photo).   "Punta" - a riot. Obviously, it is a revolutionary unrest, which began with protests against the executions in St. Petersburg, January 9, 1905.  2     Published in the journal. "Young Guard", M. 1936, No 9 (see Lyudmila Mayakovskaya, "Childhood and adolescence Vladimir Mayakovsky").   Dated to the content.   We had a five-day strike ... - The strike of students began on October 3.   The Director. - Director of Kutaisi classical school at the time was O. Chebish. He went further to hold that office.  3     Published in the journal. "30 days", M. 1931, No 4 (see L. Mayakovskaya, "Childhood Vladimir Mayakovsky").   Dated to the content.   ... "Brilliant victory" ... in the city of Tiflis. - October 22, 1905 Black Hundreds, "waged a brutal massacre of students of the first boys' school, had refused to join the" patriotic "demonstrations ... At the request of the Black Hundred leaders of the troops engaged the crowd in the courtyard of a neighboring school and homes rifle fire. According to incomplete official data on this day were killed 38 and wounded 66 people "(Essays on the History of the Communist Party of Georgia. Part I. Tbilisi, 1957, p 134).

   Victory ... ... in Guria ... - "... Gurian peasants fighting for their glorious heights Nasakiralskih entered in October 1905, a brilliant page in the history of the revolutionary movement in Georgia" (ibid, p 153). Guria - region in western Georgia.   Trubetskoy ... requiem for ... - Professor of the Liberal-SN Trubetskoy, rector of Moscow State University, died suddenly of a heart attack on September 29 in St. Petersburg (see VI Lenin, On the Death of Trubetskoy, Works, v. 9, p 345).   Working ... to Tiflis. - August 29, 1905 Cossacks and police massacred over the unarmed workers, participants in the meeting hall of the Tiflis City Council, had been killed 60 people.  4     Published in the journal. "Young Guard", M. 1937, No 2 (see Lyudmila Mayakovskaya, "Childhood and adolescence Vladimir Mayakovsky").   Medvedev - friends of the family, Mayakovsky, in the summer of 1907 lived on the station. Sunflower Nikolayev (now October) f. etc.  5     TsGALI.   Submitted by: "Mayakovsky" (see NI Khardzhiev, "Mayakovsky and the painting").   In prep school class of Mayakovsky was adopted August 30, 1908.   The petition was granted Mayakovsky, but three days after submission of the application, he was arrested (see next. Letter).  6     BMM.   Published in the journal. "Young Guard", M. 1937, No 2 (see Lyudmila Mayakovskaya, "Childhood and adolescence Vladimir Mayakovsky")   They arrested me ... - Mayakovsky was arrested (Second arrest) January 18, 1909.   I sit back in Suschevke ... - It's about Suschevsky police house in which Mayakovsky was imprisoned after the first arrest - in 1908.  7     CSHA.   Submitted by: LF - 65 (see VF Zemskov, "Mayakovsky's involvement in the revolutionary movement"). The results of the petition is unknown.  8     CSHA.   Submitted by: LF - 65 (see VF Zemskov, "Mayakovsky's involvement in the revolutionary movement"). The petition was granted.  9

     CSHA.   Submitted by: LF - 65 (see VF Zemskov, "Mayakovsky's involvement in the revolutionary movement").   In the petition, the resolution is: "31.VIII. Report Mayakovsky that until the case is not subject to release it, the request for public walks, reject."  10     CSHA.   Submitted by: LF - 65 (see VF Zemskov, "Mayakovsky's involvement in the revolutionary movement").   The request was not granted because the secret police demanded the expulsion of Mayakovsky Narymsky edge.

11     CSHA.   Submitted by: LF - 65 (see VF Zemskov, "Mayakovsky's involvement in the revolutionary movement").   In its response to the petition Guard Department stated that from his side constraints are not met. However, in general continued to walk Mayakovsky did not let go.  12     CSHA.   Submitted by: LF - 65 (see VF Zemskov, "Mayakovsky's involvement in the revolutionary movement").  13     Photocopy (TsGALI).   Submitted by: "Mayakovsky" (see NI Khardzhiev, "Mayakovsky and the painting").   Mayakovsky was admitted to the exam, but could not stand it and went on to study at the studio PI Kälin.  14     CSHA.   Submitted by: "Vladimir Mayakovsky".   Mayakovsky was admitted to the competition, but the exam did not show up. The statement made by a postscript: "Documents received back October 8, 1913. Vladimir Mayakovsky."  15     CSHA.

   Submitted by: "Vladimir Mayakovsky".  16     Postcard. TsGALI.   Published by: Katanian - 56.   Dated at the postmark.   LI Zheverzheyev in 1911 - 1917 he was chairman of the Society of Artists' Union of Youth. "   "Union of Youth" was organized in early 1910 and, according to its charter, was to "familiarize their members with contemporary currents in art, the development of their aesthetic tastes through joint training in drawing and painting, as well as exchange views on issues of art and to promote the convergence of people interested in art. "   He has released a new book, "I" ... - The first collection of poems - "I" Mayakovsky issued May 17, 1913 in the lithographed edition of the author, why, and needed a commission from selling it.   Poems for the "Union of Youth" ... - Almanac, "Union of Youth", vol. 3, referred to in the letter, released in March 1913.  17     GBL.   Published by: Katanian - 56.   The tragedy "Vladimir Mayakovsky" was put into a dramatic censorship November 9, 1913. Allowed to present on November 15. Performances took place on 2 and December 4, 1913.  18     Postcard.   Submitted by: "His experience." Date determined by the postmark. My tragedy - a tragedy "Vladimir Mayakovsky". College - School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied Mayakovsky.  19     Postcard.   Submitted by: "His experience."   Date determined by the postmark.  20     Published for the first time.   Date is determined by content, in accordance with a letter to AA from Mayakovskaya November 23, 1913.   I send a note to school. - Note not found.   The mass of the theater. - The production of the tragedy "Vladimir Mayakovsky".

  21     Submitted by: "His experience."   Traveled to the Crimea ... ... - We are talking about a trip Mayakovsky, along with other Futurist poet in the southern city of poetry readings and lectures.  22     Draft telegram. (Stored at the VA Katanyan.)   Submitted by: LF - 65.   Dated to the content.   Seventh night. - January 7, in Simferopol, in the theater of the Tauride nobility, an evening of "Olympics of Futurism", which were Mayakovsky, David Burliuk, Igor and Vadim Northerner Bayan. On this evening performances began Mayakovsky and other futurist poets in the southern cities.   Simferopol, Dolgorukovskaya seventeen, Sidorov. - The address of the poet V. Sidorov (a pseudonym - Vadim Bayan), who stopped Mayakovsky.  23     Published for the first time.   Dated to the content.   On presentation, the intended purpose in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk), according to correspondence from this city, entitled "Not allowed" futurists ":" The second evening with futurists Burlyuk and Mayakovsky local administration is not allowed "(gaz." Voice of the South ", Yelisavetgrad, 1914, No 31, February 7.) The first night was a futurist, obviously, "poezokontsert" Igor Severianin held in Yekaterinoslav February 3.  24     State. Historical Archive of the Moscow region.   Published for the first time.   November 12, 1914 Office of the Mayor of Moscow has refused to issue a certificate to Mayakovsky, referring to his revolutionary activities. Subsequently, Mayakovsky wrote in his autobiography "Myself": "To say about the war - should see it. Went to record a volunteer. Not allowed. No loyalty" (Vol. I Present, ed., Page 22).  23     Submitted by: "His experience."   Dated LV Mayakovsky.   Mayakovsky was in Petrograd in 1915 from January through the first half of March and then from mid-May to mid-July.  26  

   Postcard.   Submitted by: "His experience."   Dated at the postmark.  27     Submitted by: "His experience."   Dated to the content.   I called ... - Mayakovsky was called up for military service October 8, 1915.   Will send their "military" card. - This photo Mayakovsky sent relatives. Subsequently, he took it, - said Vladimir Mayakovsky L. - "an exhibition devoted to 20th anniversary of his creative work, but it did not appear at the show, and he did not return it to us ... other such pictures are not saved" ("His experience," page 103).  28     Submitted by: "His experience."   In a letter to date: "20 th", from the content it is clear that it was written shortly after the call to the army, held October 8, 1915, and this allows you to accurately date the letter.   I sent you my new book. - Mayakovsky sent "A Cloud in Trousers". The book is preserved in LV Mayakovsky.  29     Joint letter ("-theft"). The fully published. Dated at the postmark.  30     Joint letter ("-theft"). Submitted by: "His experience." Dated at the postmark.  31     Postcard.   The fully published.   Dated at the postmark.  32     The fully published.   Dated to the content ("I got leave until mid-October").  33     Kept by the recipient.   Submitted by: LF - 65.   Dated at the postmark.

   Elsa Triolet writes that she met with Mayakovsky in Moscow shortly after the tragedy was written, "Vladimir Mayakovsky", ie, in 1913 (see Maїakovski, Vers et proses de 1913 à 1930, traduits du russeet prêsentês par Elsa Triolet et prêcedês de ses souvenirs sur Maїakovski, Paris, 1957, p. 14).   Put on your ... And the point. - In the name of the letter and began the familiar E. Yu Tirol.  34     Published for the first time.   Dated to the content.   I'll come to you. - Mayakovsky traveled to Moscow in January 1917.  35     Kept by the recipient.   Submitted by: LF - 65.   Dated at the postmark.   Epigraph - a playful paraphrase of some lines of introduction to "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by Alexander Pushkin. For the first time with some discrepancies reproduced in the book.: E. Tirol, in Tahiti, L. 1925, p 80. - E. Yu lived in Tirol Golikovskom lane. Overlooking the Pyatnitskaya street.  36     Yesterday read. - September 24 (October 7), Mayakovsky read in large lecture auditorium of the Museum, "The Bolsheviks of art."   I live in Presnya. - The Presnya mother and sister lived Mayakovsky.   Poster b. - There is obviously referring to the poster for the performance of Mayakovsky 11 (24), in a concert hall Tenishev School (Petrograd) with the reading of the poem "The Man".   Like "War and Peace" - Poem "War and Peace" was published in publishing house "Parus" in early December 1917.

37     Published for the first time.   Dated on the basis of reports of Mayakovsky for his release from military service, which occurred on October 30 (November 12) in 1917.  38     Dated Lili.   "Where are you, a welcome which, answer" - a few modified lines of romance, "Where are you, answer me." Words and music by L. Drize (?).   "Poetry Cafe" - was organized by the fall of 1917 DD Burliuk and V. Kamensky in Nastasiinsky Lane. Existed prior to April 1918.

   "Dog" - "Stray Dog", artistic cafes in St. Petersburg, where Mayakovsky appeared in the 1912 - 1915, respectively.   "Tree Futura <surfers>" - was organized December 30 (January 12) in the large auditorium of the Museum.   "The choice of the three victors of poetry." - This is a party, held on February 27, 1918 in the large auditorium of the Museum under the title "The election of the king of poets."   'm Talking about reading at the Polytechnic, "Man." - Poem "The Man" was read in a large auditorium of the Museum 2 (15) in February 1918.   "It turned the" - ie, "everything started to happen." Ironically, the heroine of a saying used a humorous story Averchenko "Incurable."   "He loved the awful flies that have a fat ass." - Lines from an unpublished poem by David Burliuk.   Southern Fund ... peacefully and quietly growing. - If you are going to go relax on the south, Mayakovsky set aside money which passed to the storage of L. Grinkrug.   ACIS - Association of socialist art. Thus was conceived Mayakovsky called literary and artistic society or a publishing house, in fact, organized much later - in the summer of 1918, and titled "IMO" - "The Art of the young." Under the brand "ACIS" came out in 1918, Mayakovsky's poem "The Man" and "A Cloud in Trousers".   The Academy - The Academy of Fine Arts in the early months after the October Revolution has experienced the onslaught of "leftist" artists who sought to change the old profile, and of course the nature of learning in this school. In the room there were also meetings of the Academy of the Union of Artists, in which participated Osip Brik, and before his departure from St. Petersburg and Mayakovsky himself.   Oskin ... letter. - Osip Brik, advocated in the early days of the revolution, like many members of the newspaper "New Life", for "freedom of the spiritual self," published five (18) December 1917 letter in connection with the election it in the vowels of the Petrograd City Council through the list of the RSDLP (Bolsheviks). Mentioning his opposition to the "cultural Bolshevik program," he at the same time declared that he considered "a crime against the people of every culture and sabotage, any refusal of an active cultural work."  39     Dated Lili.   I read in the circus. - Date of performance is unknown.   In late January, I read ... "Man." - Read Mayakovsky's poem "The Man" on February 2.   Rvus publish "The Man" and Cloud enlarged. - The poem "The Man" and "enlarged" (ie, with the restoration of sites, erased by the censor) edition of "A Cloud in Trousers" came out in February under the name "ACIS," in fact, in the author's edition . Place of publication - Moscow, while on the books marked as "Petrograd."  40     Dated the addressee.   Now publish "The newspaper futurists." - The only room in Moscow "Newspapers futurists" was released March 15, it placed "a great poem," which refers to more Mayakovsky - "Our march"; quatrain "Spring" was published after his death.

   Thanks for the book. - Lili sent as a present notebook. This book is autographed by the two poems is not preserved.   I ... combined with the relatively Dodey landscape ... - This is a picture of David Burliuk.   "You, Lilly" - dedicated to a single edition of the poem "The Man".  41     Dated the addressee.   Picture of the kinematics finish. - This refers to the film "Not for the money-born" on the novel by Jack London "Martin Eden" (Mayakovsky screenplay). In the film, playing the role of the poet Mayakovsky Ivan Nova. The film was not spotted (see v. 11 librettos crust. Ed., Page 481).   Now I'm going to try ... Frohlich pants. - Not having a good suit of its own, which is required for its role, the actor turned to Mayakovsky, O. Frohlich, filmed at the same studio.   Really want to ... write something heartfelt about the horse. - It was written the poem "Good attitude to horses," which appeared in the Moscow edition of the newspaper "New Life", 1918, No 8, June 9.   I would like to play ... with you in a movie. - In the summer of 1918 Mayakovsky's scenario was posed picture "movies mailed," where the poet was shot with Lili. The film was not spotted (see v. 11 librettos crust. Ed., Page 483).   She is from "Pitoreska ..." - The letter was written on the original paper, the Moscow artistic cafe "Pitoresk."  42     Published for the first time.  43     A typewritten copy (stored in the February AV).   Published in the journal. "Theatre", Moscow, 1960, No 4 (see A. The February, "Mayakovsky and his play").   Dated to the content.   Around October 10, 1918, Mayakovsky came to Moscow for talks on Eedeniya production of "Mystery-Bouffe" in Moscow. This set out the play was presented to them in the Theatre Department (TEO), People's Commissariat.   October 12 at a meeting in the TEO, which was attended by several directors, Mayakovsky spoke about the play and read excerpts from it. The question of the production of "Mystery-Bouffe" at that meeting has not been resolved. In 1918, the play is staged in Moscow was not.  44     Published for the first time.   Dated to the content.   Two new years ... at once - that is, the old and recently introduced a new style.

  45     TsGAOR.   Posted: PSS, 6, M., 1940, pp. 353.   LITO - People's Commissariat of Literature Department. In those years, any work of fiction, offered for publication in the State Publishing House, was to obtain a preliminary recommendation LITO. Poem, "150 million" has been put in LITO early April 1920.  46     TsGAOR.   Posted: PSS, 6, M., 1940, pp. 354.   I gave up ... authorship, blowing it and no name ... - Mayakovsky did not put his name on the title page of the book, thereby, to emphasize that the creator of the poem is as if he stopyatidesyatimillionny the Soviet people. "150 million - the master of the poem addressed to" - he wrote in the prologue of the work. Later in his autobiography, he argued the anonymity of the publication: "Print without name. I want each and the best finishing. It did not, but the name known to all" (ie a crust. Ed., Page 26). In subsequent editions of the author's name mentioned.  47     TsGAOR.   Posted: PSS, 6, M., 1940, pp. 355.   Letters Mayakovsky considered at the board meeting Narkompros November 15, 1920, after which it was decided to publish the poem "The 150 million." The book was submitted for publication November 22, 1920. Was published April 16, 1921.  48     Kept by the recipient.   Submitted by: "Mayakovsky" (facsimile).   Dated to the period of stay in Petrograd Mayakovsky: 3 - 12 December.   The letter is a response to the expressed target the suggestion that he served as the prototype of a "hero" a satirical poem by Mayakovsky's "Hymn to the criticism."   My "Window of Satire" ... - Joke of the album quatrains K. Chukovsky, illustrated Mayakovsky's drawings in the style of "Window of Satire GROWTH" and called "Window of Satire" Chukrosta "(p. 144).  49     BMM.   Published for the first time.   Dated to the content.   The petition was granted Mayakovsky.

   The application is a standard typewritten form in which Mayakovsky wrote the name and surname, name and address of the works. Month not bear.   About priests - "afterpiece of the priests, koi do not understand what a holiday."   How to celebrate who and what - "As someone spends time, celebrating the holidays. (In this regard the comments are different)."   But what if - "What if? May Day dreams of bourgeois armchair."   Championship - "World Championship of class struggle."  50     A typewritten copy (BMM).   The fully published.   The letter was dated incorrectly, the poet 5.V.21 Judging by the content, written before the release of "150 million". Apparently, it should be: on April 5.   LITO ... certificated this book as only propaganda ... - Deputy Head of the literary department of the People's Commissariat VY Bruce wrote the State Publishing House: "The College LITO, aimed at recognizing the State Publishing House of the manuscript that Mayakovsky's" 150,000,000 "has the exclusive agitational value, asks the aforesaid manuscript issue in a matter of urgency ... " (PSS, 6, M., 1940, page 352).   Hamsun's books ... such as ... - December 17, 1920. Administrative Commission authorized the State Publishing House edition of the novel K. Hamsun "Virgin Soil" ("New Forces"), which, however, went out of print.   "Drozhniny songs." - Obviously, it is a collection of the peasant poet, SD Drozhzhina "Songs of the workers," which was published in 1920 in memory of VM committee Velichkina (Bonch-Bruevich). The polemical nature of the example does not give him reason to be judged by the attitude of Mayakovsky Drozhzhin. Of the surviving posters know, for example, that in the days of the fiftieth anniversary of the poet's literary career (April 24, 1923) Mayakovsky had to speak at the Polytechnic Museum on the evening of "Moscow poets - Spiridon Drozhzhin."   Deryabina ... - Deryabina S., At the dawn of a new world (The Tale of the present). State Publishing House, Moscow 1920, 100, 000. (Released in the series "Red book" No 25).   Posters ... on "Combating red tape" and "help Donbass". - This is a poster of "Down with the red tape! Long live the revolutionary initiative," previously performed as a "window of satire GROWTH" No 494, November 1920, and the poster "All the aid of Donbass", previously performed as a "window of satire GROWTH" No 601 , November, 1920.   I enclose a review ... - The letter was accompanied by: a letter literary-publishing department of the Main Political Administration of the People's Commissariat (Glavpolitput) and the Central Committee of trade union of railway and water transport (Tsektran) on December 18, 1920, which noted: "Both of these posters campaign clearly and completely art <...> Literature and Publishing Department asks you to send the posters at his disposal in order to otpechataniya ... ", and the extract from the minutes 56 meeting of the management committee of the State Publishing House December 15, 1920 that examined the poster" Down with the red tape Long live the revolutionary initiative ", from this statement and is a quoted comment:" To reject a pogrom. "   Rejected the play ... ... - Regulatory Commission has rejected the State Publishing House "Mystery-Bouffe" April 2, 1921 "due to the lack of paper." In the extract from the report issued by Mayakovsky, there is the postscript: "The book is not sent for review."

   The attached list ... here ... - The BMM materials list is available.   ... "Mystery" repeatedly "reviewed by" ... - See the introduction to the dispute Mayakovsky's "Do I have to put the" Mystery-Bouffe "?"   The question of setting it ... discussed at a special meeting of ... - This refers to the debate, "Should we put" Mystery-Bouffe "?" Assembly adopted resolution was published in the journal "Bulletin of the theater", M. 1921, No 82. Notice of dispute - in the newspaper "Izvestia", M. 1921, No 21, I February, a detailed report - "Bulletin of the theater" M. 1921, No 83 - 84.   Glavpolitprosvet - The main political education committee has been established as one of the offices of People's Commissariat of November 12, 1920.   Workers' - Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate, a body of state control, which had in the early years of a very broad functions. There was from February 1920 to February 1934.  51     GAOR MO.   Posted: gas. "Far Telegraph", Chita, 1921, No 56, December 9.   After the lawsuit Mayakovsky at two meetings of a disciplinary tribunal in a friendly MGSPS poet was paid royalties due to him.   Tsentrhudkol ... ... recognized the "Mystery-Bouffe" one of the best plays and the first communist repertoire. - Apparently, this is as follows: September 20, 1920 at a meeting of the Board of People's Commissariat Politprosvetsektora, to discuss the report of the Meyerhold-revolutionary agitation, and problems of the theater the question of repertoire for the celebration of the October Revolution, Lunacharsky called the "Mystery-Bouffe" among the few "pieces of the communist nature."   Tov. Meyerhold took the statement. - The play was included in the repertoire plan led by V. Meyerhold Theatre RSFSR First before its opening.   The play was read to the statement I have representatives of the Central Committee of the RCP, RCP, the All, the Workers' Glavpolitprosvet and other organizations ... - refers to the debate, "Should we put" Mystery-Bouffe "?"   Attitude ... an urgent printing of the play. - The ratio of the signature of the deputy head of the Theater Department Glavpolitprosvet B, Meyerhold posted April 1, 1921.   Plays Saburova - State Publishing House were not released.   In some cities of the Republic ... she went or should go ... - In 1921, "Mystery-Bouffe" was staged in Tomsk, Perm, Tambov, Ekaterinburg (now Sverdlovsk), Beloglinskoy village, Krasnodar, Odessa, Omsk.   Statement ... Master of the RSFSR First Theatre met exceptionally good attitude and the working masses and the newspapers ... - See the newspaper reviews: Val W., in the proletarian theater. Paint brush in hand-woven canvas, gas. "Beep", M. 1921, No 320, June 8, and A b r. A., May Day victory of the revolutionary theater, gas. "Work", M. 1921, No 58, May 4, Abr. A. A modern audience, and a new theater there, No 94, June 24, "Mystery-Bouffe" gas. "Izvestia", M. 1921, No 94, May 4, Anton Corners, "Mystery-Bouffe" gas. "The Communist Labor", Moscow 1921, No 333, May 7, etc.   Collected in the theater ... Polls ... - In the RSFSR First Theatre by responses to the questionnaire survey was conducted the audience about their experiences on the formulation of "Mystery-Bouffe". Most of the audience-workers gave her a positive evaluation (see the M. Zagorski, reacts as a spectator, the journal. "LEF", M. 1924, No 2,

page J41 - 151; his own, and the theater audience age of revolution , Sat "The Theatre", Tver, 1922, pp. 102 - 112).   After the show ... unanimously adopted a resolution ... (Resolution in the "Bulletin of the theater"), - The resolution was not published. To find her failed.   Editor ... "Bulletin of the theater" comrade. Zagorski ... - MB Zagorski was the head of the editorship of "Bulletin of the theater," was the editor of V. Blum.   Having received the June 1 memo Vserabotprosa ... - Clerical or typographical error: seems to be July 1 (the play came out June 15).   Vserabotpros - Russian Professional Union of Educational Workers.   Asked to pay a ... line-charge. - Cost "Bulletin of the theater" has been transferred to the State Publishing House People's Commissariat and the latter was obliged to pay for materials published in the journal.   Useless ... being printed volumes Nemirovich - This is a series of books for you. Nemirovich-Danchenko, published in 1919 - 1920 years of the Petrograd branch of the State Publishing House. In 1921 he emigrated to the writer.   Tsekpros - The Central Committee of trade union education.   THO - The tariff-normalization department.   ONT - Department of Labor regulation.   "Bulletin of the Central Committee Vserabisa." - Vserabis - Russian Professional Union of Artists. The magazine was called "The Bulletin of Art Workers."  62     Photocopy (Institute of World Literature).   Submitted by: "Literary Gazette", M. 1935, No 68, December 9 (see V. Trenin, "Unpublished poems of Mayakovsky").   Poetic address, written and read by Mayakovsky in 1921, the day of the wires to the Urals, BF Malkin, who, as head of its Tsentropechat facilitated the publication of works of Mayakovsky.   If necessary ... to escape from a mad Gosizdatelya. - Mayakovsky has in mind a number of its conflict with the State Publishing House, particularly in connection with the publication of the second edition of "Mystery-Bouffe".  63     TsGALI.   Posted: Sat "Living Mayakovsky", vol. 2, M. 1930.   Dated to the content.   After the occupation of Vladivostok who was there N. N, Aseev moved to the capital of DDA (Far Eastern Republic) - Chita, and addressed a letter to Mayakovsky. Remembering the connection with Mayakovsky in the period Aseev wrote: "The" Art "grew and gained strength. We have something in common with Moscow. To hear from Brik and Mayakovsky. It was apocryphal as the first Palm with the land" (N. Aseev Diary Poet, L. 1929, p 56).   Poet S. Tretyakov at the time was one of the most active members of the Far Eastern magazine "Express Yourself" (Chita). In the summer of 1921 came to Moscow in early September he returned to Chita.

   Glorification ... my humble figures in particular. - These are articles on Mayakovsky in "art", one of the authors of which was N. Aseev.   You ask for the songs, they do not, I = line from the same song by Sasha Makarov.   Need to ... hand over Vserosgazetu poems about hunger. - This is the poem "Two is not quite the usual case," published in the newspaper one day, "Help!", 1921, August 29 (published by "Izvestia" in favor of the starving Volga) .   As Roshchina, thank you, "I have." - This is a literary criticism of JS Grossman-Roshchin. N. Aseev in the article "Three years in the Far East," he wrote: "From the casual, occasional cultural events should be noted the arrival in Vladivostok in 1921 that Grossman-Roshchin who has read a series of lectures in the auditorium of the working and extremely interesting report "the form and content" in the room Literary and artistic society of the Far East "(zhurn." Print and the Revolution ", Moscow 1922, No 6).   "I have" - an expression of literary anecdote: at a dinner to the poet Yu-Baltrushaitis, getting acquainted with the writer AI Kuprin, gave his name, he had not heard the phrase Kuprin said: "Thank you, I have." Responding to the so-Aseyev, Mayakovsky, probably agree with the assessment of JS Grossman-Roshchin, which was contained in a letter not preserved Aseeva.   I want to come to Chita. - In Chita Mayakovsky did not go.   I send stishonok "Our way of life." - This is a poem, "Confusion," which was published under the title "Our way of life. No 1" in the gas. "AgitROSTA", M. 1921, No 9, August 16. Information about the publication of this poem is not in the DDA.

54     Posted: gas. "Far Telegraph", Chita, 1921, No 56, October 9.   Dated to the content.   The original letter is not spotted. This excerpt was published critic of the NF-Nasimowicz stranger, who edited a newspaper, "Far Eastern Telegraph", the article "On the tar, the gate and the other matters (Article of the old communist)." The article was a polemical response to the skit L. Sosnowski, "Pretty mayakovschiny" ("The Truth", M. 1921, No 199, 8 September), resulting from a lawsuit between Mayakovsky and the State Publishing House. In his article cited Stranger excerpt from the letter and the statement of Mayakovsky's legal department MGSPS. On the back of a statement, as reported by Stranger, a postscript was a poet: "Jolly istoriyka? So he lives and works Mayakovsky."   The accused - State Publishing House (Weiss, Meshcheryakov and Skvvrtst.) - The accused were DL Weiss and II Skvortsov-Stepanov. NL Meshcheryakov was temporarily seconded to the RCP (b) in the Red Army and the trial was not present.  55     Outsider ... a collection of articles ... and the newspaper "A <Alno> to <rstochny> telegraph <a ^>, in which a great article about the Stranger Sosnovskoye. - Collection" to the dialectic of art "(Chita, 1921) article" On the tar, the gate and the other "- - "Far Eastern Telegraph", Chita, 1921, No 56, October 9.   Fee ... sent me for materials. - In the magazine "Art", which is edited by NF Stranger, published excerpts from the poems of Mayakovsky "Cloud in Trousers" (1920, NoNo 1, 2, 3) and "War and the world "(No 5).

   Days ... I'll go for 8 - 10 in Kharkiv. - Mayakovsky went to Kharkov on 11 December and returned on December 18.  56     Lili Mayakovsky said in a letter about the negotiations with the owner of one of Riga's printing press, agree to publish books of Mayakovsky, various collections and books. She asked to learn in a number of Soviet institutions, the technical capacity to implement the plan. Permission was granted, but to implement this plan failed.   The letter accompanied by a copy of a memorandum directed Mayakovsky and Osip Brik Lunacharsky (see page 203).   Textbooks need to speak with Krupskaya ... - Nadezhda Krupskaya was then a member of the board and chairman of the People's Commissariat Glavpolitprosvet, in addition, led to the years of scientific and methodological section of the State Academic Council, in charge was to develop school programs and the publication of textbooks.   With Granicus ... - GM Granick worked in the printing Commissariat. Lili asked to contact him with a Riga newspaper "New Way", loyal to Soviet Russia.  57     Dated to the addressee.   Kharkiv letter ...? - Letter from Kharkov Mayakovsky did not reach the recipient.   I read three times ... - In Kharkov there were three performances: Dec. 12 ("Dispute on Futurism"), December 14 (read the poem "150000000") and December 15 ("Dyuvlam" - Twelve-year anniversary of Vladimir Mayakovsky).   And ... I'll send a memo ... - The text of the note, see page 203.   David P. - Shterenberg, an artist. At the end of 1921 headed the art department of the Main Committee of Professional Education (Glavprofobra) People's Commissariat. Through him, Mayakovsky, probably intended to make an order for a book on the poster.   Is it too rests on the publisher of textbooks? - On the books imported from abroad, was set a high fee for a significantly discounted textbooks. At the end of December 1921, in connection with the restoration of the domestic printing industry, State Publishing House has stopped overseas orders, allowing in only a few cases, orders for the academic and scientific books. The latter probably was the reason that his plan was realized on the initiative.   Evtushevsky VA - author of several textbooks and teaching aids for mathematics. In this case, refers to Evtushevskogo Mayakovsky as a household name (synonymous with the textbook).   "MAF" (Moscow, in the future - an international association of futurists) - conceived name of the alleged publisher, and collector.   I will try ... send a book ... - Riga asked the publisher to send him the manuscript of one of the intended for publication knir for budgeting.  63     TsGALI.   Published for the first time.

   What to do ... to become a member of the Union. - In all likelihood, Moscow Trade Union of Writers, of which Mayakovsky was in 1919.  59     Kept by the recipient.   Submitted by: "Literary Gazette", M. 1936, No 22, April 14.   Written and sent to the Secretary-edition "Izvestia" Osafu Semenovich Litovsky, Mayakovsky invited to a family reunion in which the poet to illness was unable to attend.  60     Central Party Archive of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism.   Submitted by: LF - 65.   The only manifesto of this group was the preface to the book "Slap in the Face of Public Taste" ... - It's not quite accurate: the authors of the manifesto in the preface belongs to the leaflet of the same name and manifesto "Go to hell!" destroyed by censorship of the book "Roaring Parnassus" (P. 1916).   Polyrhythm - a term denoting a combination of several rhythms.   Truly futuristic prose ... no, there are some attempts have Khlebnikov, Kamensky have, in Kushner's rally palaces ... "- Vladimir Khlebnikov's prose is collected in Volume 4 of his" Collected works "(L. 1930), with life of the author printed in various collections, prose, Vasily Kamensky - novels: "dugout" (St. Petersburg, 1911), "Razin" (p. 1916) and an autobiography. "He - my biography of the great futurist" (M. 1918), BA Kushner, "The rally palaces. Alliterovannaya prose "(P.," IMO ", 1918).   Summing up the results nestorskoe ... ... practice. - Nestor - Old Russian writer XI - early XII century. He attributed the authorship of an outstanding monument of ancient Russian chronicle "The Tale of Bygone Years." Here - in the sense of calm, leisurely description of reality and acts of the past.  61     Authorized typescript (BMM).   The fully published.   Artist EV Ravdel in 1922, was in charge of the Production Office of Higher State Artistic and Technical Workshops (Vkhutemas), which is subordinated to the publisher. This left all the books published by Mayakovsky in "IAF" and two volumes of his collected works, "13 years".   Due to the extremely poor business performances publisher could not fully perform its obligations. Scheduled end of the Collected Works edition of August 20, September 25 and then were disrupted. Moreover, in the production process had to change the plan of publication, turning it from a four-to two-volume. All this led to what the poet has terminated the contract.   Had been requested to ... Higher Art of Giza loan ... - The loan was given by the State Publishing House August 4, 1922.   Friday ... s. , I'm leaving on a business trip abroad. - October 9, Mayakovsky went to Berlin.

  62     Published for the first time.   Dated LV Mayakovsky.  63     Published for the first time.   Dated LV Mayakovsky.   Suharevka. - Sukharevsky market was closed December 15, 1920, and reopened after the introduction of the NEP.  64     Published for the first time.   Dated LV Mayakovsky.   While angels ... - Name AA Mayakovsky, with whom it wishes Mayakovsky, were in the April 23 st. of Art.  63     A typewritten copy. (Stored at the VA Katanyan.)   Posted: DO - 65.   The letter was written after one of the first meeting of the editorial of the magazine "LEF", which revealed differences on several important issues of literary theory and practice.   On his understanding of these differences, NF Stranger wrote a little later in the newspaper "Pravda", "Left Front of Art is undergoing a deep internal crisis. There is almost an open struggle between the two constituent elements of LEF: old futurism, hit upon his head, and under the influence from the outside, to the production art, but gives only the production techniques of his left hand and clearly floundering between bourgeois production and lyrics, and LEF proizvodstvennicheskogo wing, trying to make the theory is still clumsy and timid, but important and practical conclusions, and - especially important - which places a bet is not on individual and inevitably yacheskoe art specialists, and on reaching a bottom, and only in need of decoration - the mass of creativity "(H. Stranger, in fighting for the Arts (different approaches to the LEF)," The Truth ", Moscow, 1923, No 186, August 21). Position Stranger affected that he was against the publication in the magazine and issue separate editions Mayakovsky's poem "On it" and the story Osip Brik "Nepoputchitsa."   If you have a party ... Journal - Apparently, it is about trying to organize under the editorship of NF Stranger new literary magazine, in which the number of staff was mentioned, and Mayakovsky. "The task of the magazine - as reported in the press - is" the awareness of contemporary art "(zhurn." Spectacle ", M. 1922, No 17, 19 - 25 December).   Attack our magazine ... ... - that is, "Lef".  66

     Submitted by: LF - 65.   Dated to the content.   The artwork that is signed Meshcheryakov ... - It is No 2 on the cover of the magazine 'LEF'. The magazine was published under the name the State Publishing House, and therefore required a signature of the chairman of the editorial board publisher NL Meshcheryakov. On the cover of the magazine No 2 was placed made Rodchenko photomontage ads Gypsy choir anniversaries Sobinov and AI Yuzhin, a portrait of the billionaire Rockefeller, etc., crossed by two oblique green stripes.   Ad-ad did not have time to ... - This is the Avenue of the journal, which were reprinted Cover No 2 "LEF" advanced, written by Mayakovsky, and the May Day poems Poetry "LEF".  67     Kept by Lili.   Published by: Almanac "Red Arrow", New York, 1932 (facsimile).   In a letter dating mistake: we must not 15 / X, a 15/IX, since about September 18 he returned to Moscow.   If you send me a visa ... - American visa Mayakovsky was not obtained.  68     Draft autograph (BMM).   Posted: PSS, 5, M., 1940, pp. 714 - 715.   Dated to the content.   Mospoligraf - Moscow State Association of enterprises printing industry.   15 individual illustrations ...-posters ... - Probably, it is about 15 pictures with the text "The steward, who nearly died from all over the office," Made in the second half of November 1923 with the NN Aseev. In favor of this assumption is the following: 1) advertising has the overall lozungovuyu and general representational form, which said in a statement, Mayakovsky, and 2) are accompanied by drawings of couplets, referred to in § 2 of the statement, 3) is devoted to advertising activities Mospoligrafa.  69     BMM.   The fully published.   The proposed Mayakovsky books were not published. Most of these poems was included in the collection, published by "The Red Virgin Soil," in 1924, "On the Kursk, the Young Communist League, May, on the flight, of Chaplin, of Germany, about oil, about 5 Internazionale and so on.", The second book was adopted by the State Publishing House, but was not published.   "Temporary workers memorial Kursk" - "Workers of Kursk, who reported the first iron ore, a temporary monument of Vladimir Mayakovsky."   "Flight Moscow - Konigsberg" - "Moscow - Konigsberg."   "Charlie Chaplin" - "Kinopovetrie."

   "Verses on the mandrills' - nerazyskannoe is still a work of Mayakovsky nepmanke mandrills. Literary KL Zelinsky, who attended the evening Mayakovsky March 4, 1924 in Moscow Polytechnic Museum, where Mayakovsky read the piece, wrote in his diary: "The poem was given wonderful bright and sharp satire on middle-class greed, greed, vulgarity ' (Katanian - 56, p 203).   Agitation of things - advertising. - The idea of creating a book on advertising, there was some time before Mayakovsky and was close to fruition. In the article "Propaganda and advertising" (June 1923), the poet wrote that "to the All-Russian Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow, will be released under the editorship of a special book that Brik on advertising, the first in the RSFSR" (see v. 12 Present. ed., page 58). Since the book was not published, Mayakovsky offered her release Mospoligrafu, where she also did not come out.  70     BMM.   Published for the first time.   Dated wife artist Rodchenko Stepanova VF.   It is about working together on posters.  71     Dated to the addressee.   Food ... in Odessa and Kiev to read ... - Performances Mayakovsky held in Odessa on 20, 21, 22 and 23 February in Kiev - 25 and February 26, 1924.   Ball - Dubinsky, familiar Mayakovsky.   There was still that "Lizistrate ..." - the Greek playwright Aristophanes comedy was set Vl. Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Moscow Art Theater (premiere - June 16, 1923).  72     Postcard.   Dated at the postmark.   Yesterday was reading today, tomorrow, and still not on Thursday, not Friday. - Mayakovsky appeared 19, 20 and 22 May in the Philharmonic Hall.   Leaders ... all went to Moscow. - In Moscow, opened May 23 XIII Congress of the Party.   ... All linguists. - Literary Eichenbaum wrote in sveem diary: "May 21: Mayakovsky in the European Room No 26. Were Yakubinsky, N. Tikhonov, Punin, Winokur and me. We talked about the LEF" (Katanian - 56, p 443). Eichenbaum, LP Yakubinsky and N. Tynyanov were (along with three other researchers), the authors of articles on the language of Lenin in the forthcoming No 1 (5) "LEF" for 1924.   Do any of my posters being spoken thus: "Yes, but it does not touch the strings of the soul." Vinnitsa. - Mayakovsky used in this case report, "On today's Poetry" (see the entries to the report, page 182) to show that "art for the proletariat is not a toy, but arms" ("Krasnaya Gazeta" eternal. Issue ., L. 1924, No FM, May 21). In this case, Vinnitsa - synonymous with the old Russian provinces.   Skoch - dog Skotik.  

73     Well ... if I go to Mexico - I do not know, because it seems to be useless. - It is useless in the sense that it is unlikely to be in Mexico managed to get a visa to enter the United States.   I try again to get in touch with America ... - 23 October, the eve of departure Mayakovsky, "Evening Moscow" reported that he was going round the world trip. However, not having English and American visas, December 27, Mayakovsky returned to Moscow.   I live in Elzinoy hotel. - Hotel "Istria", where she lived, and E. Yu Tirol is always stopping Mayakovsky.   As with books and with the treaties? - In October, Mayakovsky entered into contracts with the Leningrad branch of the State Publishing House for the publication of the poem "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" and the book "Only the new" ("Poems 1924"). Should have been handed over in August to go to the State Publishing House book about advertising and the third edition of "War and Peace."   "Pepper" - a satirical magazine "Red Pepper".   Not the poet, of course! - That is, not the poet-immigrant Vl. Khodasevich.   Poezzhu ... a little small French towns. - In all likelihood, this trip did not materialize,   Queen - from the German "Verse" - poetry.  74     Telegram.   Waiting for a U.S. visa. - "Mayakovsky, after graduating from the poem" Lenin "... went to Paris, thinking to get to America. American visa he had not been received. The poet was a choice between Canada and Mexico. As Mayakovsky did not loved the exotic, the He soon returned to Moscow. In Paris, the poet felt like in a remote backwater "(zhurn." 30 days ", M. 1925, No 1, page 100).  75     What nonsense from the "Lef"? Out there any room with the first part? - No 7 "LEF" was published just after the return of Mayakovsky - in January 1925. It was published the first part of the poem "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin." As a result, are experiencing technical difficulties and artistic differences among the members of the editorial board on this issue, "LEF" ceased to exist.   How to deal with Lengizom? - See note. to the letter of November 9, 1924 (No 73, page 319).   Where are able to provide excerpts? - Excerpts from the poem "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" was published in many newspapers and magazines.   Now ... start again. - Mayakovsky worked on the poems in the future have drawn up a series of "Paris".   ... With the arrival of our walk and otvozhu Soviet soul. - December 4, first arrived in France, Soviet Ambassador Leonid Krasin.  78  

   Published for the first time.   Dated to the content.   OV worked Mayakovskaya Technical Secretary of the magazine 'LEF'.  77     Gas. "Izvestia", M. 1925, No 9, January 11.   Poor Damian, and L. S. Sosnowski, who spoke January 9, 1925 at the First All-Union Conference of Proletarian Writers, not recognizing the typographical errors made when publishing an excerpt from the poem "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" in the gas. "Izvestia", M. 1924, No 256, November 7, Mayakovsky was accused of distorting the image of Lenin in Lenin's intention to present a general. Desire to prevent such errors was due to present a letter of Mayakovsky in the gas. "Izvestia". Mayakovsky's Speech at the First All-Union Conference of Proletarian Writers, in which he responded to the attacks of the poor and Damian L. S. Sosnowski, see v. 12 crust. ed., pp. 272 - 274.  78     Autographs and authorized copy (BMM).   Published in the journal. "Literary critic", M. 1936, No 4 (see Osip Brik, "Mayakovsky - editor and organizer").   16 - January 17, 1925 by a group of Yugolef (Ukraine) was called "The first meeting of the Moscow workers' Left Front of Art", which was attended by Mayakovsky. The purpose of the meeting according to its organizers was to create a "united front of left art" with "strong" program and "rigid" body. Magazine "LEF" and its leadership have been criticized by raznosnoy of the most "orthodox" leaders "left art". Not wanting to communicate with a decisions made, Mayakovsky went to the meeting by presenting a statement of its Chairman L. Nedolya. In a statement NN Aseeva postscript: "I join as a whole. 18.1", and the copy of the receipt L. Nedolya] "The original application received. 18.1".   "There are no practical results of the meeting did not have." Left Front "did not organize. Soon ceased to exist, and the magazine" LEF "(M. Bree to Mayakovsky - an editor and organizer, journal." Literary critic ", M. 1936, No 4, page 140).   Transcripts of speeches at the meeting of Mayakovsky Vol. 12 crust. ed., page 275.  79     The letter is a list of orders passed by Mayakovsky, Lili Brik before going abroad.   Look for the Oska contract ... - Before his departure abroad, Mayakovsky signed a contract with the State Publishing House for four-Works, which follow the publication instructed Osip Brik.   Hurry sister Osya and all the "Lef." - O. V. Mayakovsky was the technical secretary of the editorial "LEF". After the departure of Mayakovsky's no issue of the magazine came out.   Hurry with the tale of <datelstvo> "Surf" ... - May 10, Mayakovsky signed a contract with the publishing house "Surf" in two children's books - "What is good and what is bad" and "Each and every Pete Vase story about working class "(instead of the last book was written by" walking ").

        80I try to ... live our newspaper ... - Mayakovsky has in mind the newspaper "Paris Journal" (in Russian), support the Soviet government. In this paper, were placed the poem in the series "Paris" (No 25, June 3; No 44, June 24), "Yalta - Novorossiysk" (No 35, June 14), an excerpt from the poem "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (No 47 , June 28).   Exhibition - The World of Art and Industry Exhibition. Mayakovsky was involved in the organization of the Soviet pavilion, which opened on June 4. From December 1924 to February 1925 the poet was present at almost all meetings of the Committee for its device and carried out a number of case studies. For exposed at the exhibition posters, he was awarded a silver medal.   Tomorrow I'll start writing for the "Lef." - In all likelihood, it is a poem, "Verlaine, and Cezanne."   Pilot Shebanov wonderful. - Pilot NP Shebanov flew planes the Soviet-German joint-stock company "Derulyuft." His memories of Mayakovsky see in the newspaper "Evening Moscow", 1936, No 49, February 29.  81     ... Got back from Moscow Moran - infamy, he ... - French writer Paul Morand soon published an essay anti-Soviet "Moscow, I burn," caused the progressive public protest.   Bois (Bois de Boulogne) - Bois de Boulogne park in Paris.  82     Dated the addressee.   Thank you very much for the Giz ... - Before leaving for America, Mayakovsky had been robbed. Gosizdat Telegraph said its agreement to reimburse the amount that was given to Mayakovsky USSR Trade Representation in Paris.   I send to ... "Surf" ... leaf with the text. - It seems, comes to the text of a children's book "Walk", which was supposed to go into publishing, "Surf" (published in 1926).  83     Santander - Santander - the main city of the eponymous province in northern Spain.  84     ... (2) travel writing - Lili was only one letter from the road (June 22).   A lot of work. - Mayakovsky wrote a poem for the voyage: "Christopher Colomb", "Spain", "6 nuns," "Atlantic," "Small philosophy at the deep places," "White Black End."   The word "Columbus" with signature crossed Mayakovsky.  85  

   Dated the addressee.   I am in Mexico for a week ... - Mayakovsky went to Mexico on July 8.   If the United States will not work ... -. Permission to enter the United States, Mayakovsky was July 24. Three days later, he left Mexico. Probably for this reason, a trip into the country has not taken place.   15 ... - September 20, will be in Moscow. - He returned to Moscow on November 22.   With the secretary of the embassy ... ... - VY Volyn.   I send poems ... and terrible bother you requested. - These poems were first published, "Spain" - in the gas. "New World", New York, 1925, No 871, August 14 (in the USSR for the first time in the collection. "Spain. Ocean. Havana. Mexico. America", Moscow 1926), "Discovery of America" ("Christopher Colomb") - in the "Red newspaper" PM. no., L. 1925, No 270, November 6, "six nuns" - in the journal. "Spotlight", M. 1925, No 16, "Atlantic Ocean" - a gas. "Out-Pesto", M. 1925, No 185, August 15.   Give ... "Lef." - It is likely, the projected eighth issue of "Lef", which is not out of print.   My mom ... a letter. - See the following letter (AA, OV and LV Mayakovsky).  86     Published for the first time.   Dated to the content. Applied to the previous letter (addressed to Lili).   ... With all the name day and birthday ... - In addition to the birth of the Mayakovsky (July 19) and his birthday (July 28), in July and August accounted birthdays OV and LV Mayakovsky and name day OV Mayakovsky.  87     Kept by Lili.   Published by: Almanac "Red Arrow", New York, 1932.   Dodya, you're incorrigible. - D. Burliuk late for the appointed hour of meeting.   I'm waiting ... for a trip to Philadelphia. - October 23, Mayakovsky went to Philadelphia, where a lecture. Burliuk, who represented the New York newspaper "Russian vote", accompanied him on this trip.  88     Telegram.   Published for the first time.   The letter indicated the day and month, year is determined as follows: November 9, Mayakovsky was in Paris in 1924, 1925 and 1928, but in 1924 he returned to Moscow on 27 December, ie one and a half months more than in 1925 - November 22, ie, nearly two weeks, and in 1928 - 8 December.   Help ... flat. - The Housing Department intended to seal the apartment Mayakovsky.  89     Submitted by: "Mayakovsky."

   There were many dogs ... of whom I now write verse. - The poem "Krasnodar" ("Dog the wilderness").   Hardly ... - Mayakovsky, conveys the stress distributed at the time of the anecdote.   Happy Osya ... I read about his performance ... article on kinoplakate ... - Mayakovsky has in mind a note in the "Proceedings", Moscow 1926, No 37, February 14, the debate in the Hall of Columns on "Literary Russia" and the article Osip Brik "The Last cry "- Journal. "Soviet Screen", Moscow 1926, No 7.   Tbilisi ... food ... - Mayakovsky went to Tbilisi on 24 February.   The organizers - the young. - The organizers of the lectures were students from the "Commission to raise funds to help students of Moscow State University I".   Too lazy to comb ... ticks, the more of 20 000 copies. - In 1925 he published a third edition in the "Library" Spark "poem" A Cloud in Trousers ", the last line is" With a great ear mites Star "is referring to Mayakovsky.   One to mess with ... flat ... - In April 1926, Mayakovsky and Brik moved into a new apartment in Gendrikov Lane, now Mayakovsky Lane. Before entering the apartment was a big renovation. The papers of the poet (BMM) have survived them personally compiled the draft plan, budget, tasks, etc. documents. Completion of repair work involved in Lili.  80     BMM.   Published for the first time.   December 5, 1925, Mayakovsky entered into several agreements with the State Publishing House, particularly on a play in 3 acts - "Drama" (later named in the contract with the theater named after Sun Meyerhold's "The Comedy of the murder") and "Romance." The story we were only an outline of the plan and a few scenes. The novel was written. About his plan can be seen in a magazine article: "Vladimir Mayakovsky wrote a novel under contract with the Duke of Guise. Place the novel - Leningrad and Moscow, the time from 1914 to the present. In the center of the image of the novel's literary life and living, fight schools, etc . etc. " (Zhurn. "Knigonosha", Moscow 1926, No 10).   Please Mayakovsky was granted.  91     BMM.   Published for the first time.   Please Mayakovsky was granted. April 28 that was put in the State Publishing House.  92     State. Theater Museum. Bakhrushin.   Published in the journal. "Theatre", Moscow, 1960, No 4 (see A. The February, "Mayakovsky and his play").   Dated to the content.   In celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Theater. Sun Meyerhold was decided to show excerpts from all the performances staged in the theater. This note is a response to a

question about Mayakovsky's the kind of scene from the "Mystery-Bouffe" he considers most suitable for display.   At the anniversary performance, held on April 25, 1926, showed the fourth act "Mystery-Bouffe" ("Paradise"). Mayakovsky, a former member of the Public jubilee committee, gave a speech at the party (see v. 12 crust. Ed., Page 298).  93     Institute of World Literature.   Posted: PSS, 10, M., 1941, pp. 423 - 424.   Works should complete the fifth volume ... - Agreement on the fifth volume of collected works was signed on September 6, 1926. Tom came out in 1927 - earlier than others.   Universalkoy ... let's poem "Lenin" ... - A poem "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" was published by the State Publishing House in a series of "Universal Library" in 1927. The other two books were published by the State Publishing House, because in parallel preparing the collected works of the poet, which included poems of these collections.   Experience a cheap edition of "Spark" ... - In May 1925 a series of "Library" Spark "third edition of the poem" A Cloud in Trousers ".   Experience ... that is described in the article "Red Virgin Soil '... - Article" We'll wait to blame the poets, "was published in the journal. "The Red Virgin Soil", Moscow 1926, No 4.  94     Gas. "Lighthouse of the commune", Sevastopol, 1926, No 153, July 8.   The same letter was printed in the gas. "Red Chernomorets", Sevastopol, 1926, No 152, July 8.   Dated to the content.   July 6 at the Sevastopol city club named Lt. Schmidt was scheduled lecture by Mayakovsky. But the fault of local organizers who have violated the preliminary agreement on the order of calculations, lecture frustrated. To compensate for the assembled audience, the poet offered to give a lecture for free, did not agree on what the head of the club, as the cashier had to enter the club of their income from the evening. Then Mayakovsky asked the organizer of their performances PI Lavut and a representative of the Crimean Writers BN Chabert write explanatory notes on this subject (the latter are preserved in the archives of the poet - BMM). The editors of the newspaper in his postscript validated the claims of Vladimir Mayakovsky.  95     Submitted by: "Mayakovsky."   Chatyrdag ... on and on Ai-Petri does not happen nothing but a beautiful sunrise ... - Chater-Dag - mountain in Crimea between Yalta and Alushta. Ai-Petri - the name of the mountain tops. Describe the beauty of the Crimean become a kind of cliche, and the irony of what Mayakovsky.  96

     BMM.   Published in the book. AA Mayakovskaya, childhood and youth, Vladimir Mayakovsky, M. - A. 1953 (facsimile).   In Odessa, I went ... - Mayakovsky was in Odessa in the 20th of June.  97     Submitted by: "Mayakovsky."   Can ... from Drapkina. - Calling name of the famous merchant, Mayakovsky, thus ironically emphasizes that vague telegram makes it possible to make the most improbable assumptions about the personality of its author.  98     Telegram. (Kept the recipient.)   Submitted by: LF - 65.   Literary VA Katanian at the time was associate publisher Tiflis "Zakkniga", which issued a series of books Mayakovsky, in particular, "A Conversation with fininspektorom about poetry." By the time of receipt of the telegram book has been printed and sent to Moscow.  99     Authorized typescript (BMM).   Submitted by: "Mayakovsky."   This and subsequent (from September 3, 1926) Mayakovsky's statements were reviewed district tax commission on October 30. The Commission - said in its decision - "agreeing that the payer's income is associated with high manufacturing costs, believes any estimate of 30% of the amount of 9935 rubles., Ie, 2980 p., Leaving to the taxation of 6955 r." .   "Havana, Am. The ocean." - "Spain. Ocean. Havana. Mexico. America", State Publishing House, Moscow 1926.   "Havana" - refers to Mayakovsky's poem "Black White End," printed in the "Red Virgin Soil", Moscow 1926, No 1.   "Indians." - This is the poem "testify", published in the journal. "Krasnaya Niva", Moscow 1926, No 17.   The American Journey ... - Mayakovsky was traveling in Western Europe and America from late May until the end of November 1925.   I mean, according to ... allowed <Ia> Supreme Economic Council, a special room ... - Supreme Economic Council - The Supreme Council of National Economy. Mayakovsky had a permit to the preservation of a room in the house of the Supreme Economic Council (Lubyansky travel, 3, Apt. 12), as a study, in addition to the apartment in Gendrikov Lane, very small in size. To save the two premises in different areas required special permission.   Bibliography of the complete works of ... - Bibliography, at the request of the poet were VA Silla (first version) and PV Neznamov (final).   Giz ... sold in the complete works of ... - The agreement was signed March 26, 1925.   "How to write poetry." - This is the first part of the article, "How do poems?" Published in the journal. "The Red Virgin Soil", M. 1928, No 6.

   "In the workshop of the verse" - "New World", Moscow 1926, No 7 - 8, the second part of the article, "How do poems?".  100     BMM.   Date determined by the litter on the document. Submitted by: "Mayakovsky." See note. to the previous letter.  101     A typewritten copy (BMM).   Submitted by: Vladimir Mayakovsky, Film, ed. "Art", Moscow-Leningrad In 1937.   In August 1926, Mayakovsky passed the HFSA (All-Ukrainian fotokinoupravleniyu) scenario, "Kids" and "The Elephant and the match."   ... In his very proper and flattering for the HFSA note ... - Obviously, we are talking about Mayakovsky's response to a questionnaire about the movie in the journal. "The new audience", Moscow 1926, No 35, dated 31 August (see v. 12 crust. Ed., Page 125). Judging by the letter B. J. Lifshitz on September 15, preserved in the archives of the poet (BMM), Repertkom Ukraine realized the poet's words {"any performance of" literary "scenarios apart from the factory and production - different degrees of trash. So tomorrow I'm expect to start spinning at the film studio ... ") as evidence that he passed the HFSA carelessly scenario. Repertkom refused to accept them, and together with a letter Lifshitz Mayakovsky scenarios were sent to further their "otshlifovki." "I send <...> - wrote BJ Lifshitz, - on 1 specimen. Sent us scenes <Aryans> and ask them to grind - depriving them of signs of schlock coming from an incomplete acquaintance with the thing! You are so more easily, because now you are working in film (and sincere congratulations Goskino Rooma). " Obviously, it was a movie, AM Rooma "Jews in the land" to which Mayakovsky made labels (see v. 11 crust. Ed., Page 425).   The script on the tenth of October, I'll take to do it with pleasure. - In a letter dated September 23, Mayakovsky Lifshitz proposed topic for the script on the tenth of October revolution: "In contrast to the usual pompous, solemn films - give a merry band - good-natured laughter.   The idea of my film is: a certain Russian man in the street just settle a child. Babbitt in horror - curse him (the child), wants him to endless disease - from the one he dolzhenumeret. But do not take all the sick child - tenacious, you scoundrel!   So the child grew, and now the average person can not, and does not want his death. Decipher its allegory: the inhabitant is our man in the street. The child - the Soviet regime. Diseases - Denikin, Wrangel, famine, typhoid, etc.   I think that the film could get interesting. I talked about this with NN Aseev - he liked my idea. We came to one conclusion - the script can write only Mayakovsky or the same Aseev, but with the participation of Mayakovsky! Your opinion? .. "(BMM).   Istoriyku offer ... two brothers ... philistine - Immediately on his arrival in Kharkov (October 11), which then placed the board HFSA, Mayakovsky entered into an agreement on the screenplay "The Ten October", hereinafter called "Oktyabryuhov and Dekabryuhov." In working on this script Osip Brik was not involved. The agreement was

signed at the script October 11, 1926. Based on a script has been put at the Odessa film studio HFSA, was released in 1928.  102     BMM.   Published for the first time.   The Commission considers the application of Mayakovsky, agreed: "Lower income up to 4968 p.."

103     Submitted by: "Mayakovsky."   I drive like a madman. - For seven days, from 22 to 29 November Mayakovsky spoke nine times.   It is dangerous to live, says the writer Elsa Triolet. - In the story "strawberries" Elsa Triolet (written in Russian, ed. "Circle", L. 1926) is the head of "The danger of life."   I do not know yet, I'll go there ... to Kiev - in Kiev, Mayakovsky was supposed to go (and went) the next day in connection with work on the screenplay for the HFSA.   Osik, look for the Lef ... - Appeal to Osip Brik is associated with the preparation to release the first issue of "New Lef", which was managing editor of VV Mayakovsky.  104     Published for the first time.   Negotiations with publishers ... ... - In all likelihood, it is the intention of the German progressive publishing house "Malik Verlag" to release a collection of Mayakovsky.  105     An authorized copy of the Czech language (BMM).   Published for the first time.   Petr Vaclav - the owner of the publishing house of the Czech (Prague, 1921 - 1949), which was published in 1925 a poem Mayakovsky's "150,000,000" in the translation of Bohumil Mathesius. According to Mr. Peter, the translation of Mayakovsky's book was commissioned by Julius Fucik, but the arrest of the last translation, along with the rest of its archives were destroyed (this information is communicated to the Director of the Prague National Library by Dr. Jaroslav Kunz).   In 1929 the Czech progressive magazine "Tvorba" (1929, No 4, pp. 230 - 232) was published an excerpt from the book: "Chicago." The translators have disappeared under his initials "A. F." and "J. F.". Czechoslovak scholar Ian Yisha, based on the evidence of dense Fuchikovoy, proves conclusively that they were Abraham Feldman and Julius Fucik. (At that time, Fucik did not know the Russian language.) (See Jan Jiša,? Eská poesie dvácátych let a básnici sov? Tskêho Ruska, Praha, 1956, str. 293.)  106  

   The letter is not finished and has not been sent. Preserved in the poet's papers held by the recipient.   Thinking ... about the car ... - Mayakovsky was going to buy a car in Paris, but it could be done only in the next trip - and a half years later.   Today I have a great evening in Paris. - Mayakovsky appeared in the cafe, "Voltaire," at an evening organized by the "Union of Soviet students" in France.   For various ... auto aerodelam. - N. Flakserman in 1927, worked at TsAGI (Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute).   I read ... tenth in Berlin ... - May 10, the Soviet-German rapprochement arranged a meeting with German Mayakovsky scholars, writers and journalists.   While ... do not give a visa ... - Polish visa Mayakovsky later received and spent in Warsaw from 12 to 21 May.   Czechs met wonderful ... - The poet spoke April 26 in Prague Vinogradskii People's House.   About Mayakovsky stay in Berlin, Warsaw and Prague before that, see his essay, "I Went".  107     TsGALI.   Published for the first time.   The original plan trips to the cities of the Crimea and the Caucasus has been changed on the advice of the organizer of performances Mayakovsky in 1926 - 1930 years of PI Lavut, the poet began his speech with the cities of Ukraine (Kharkov, Lugansk, Stalin). Mayakovsky left Moscow on July 24.  108     Telegram (TsGALI).   Published in the journal. "Banner", M. 1940, No 4 - 5 (see PI Lavut, "Mayakovsky went to the Union").   Lectures in Kharkov, Lugansk, and Stalin took place on 25 - 31 July.   In his memoirs about Mayakovsky PI Lavut writes: "The fear of Mayakovsky were in vain. Everywhere was full. And the number of students in Kharkov have been even more than in Winter" ("Banner", M. 1940, No 4 - 5).  109     Institute of World Literature.   Posted: PSS, 6, M., 1940, pp. 533.   Dated on the resolution of employee M. Beskin, "I agree. 22.VII.27".   This is a poem by Mayakovsky's "Good", which had originally other titles ("October", "October 25, 1917").  110     Telegram (TsGALI).

   Published for the first time.   Dated according to the date of receipt of the telegram, "July 25".   I start July twenty-fifth ... - A trip that began performances July 25 in Odessa, went to the Crimea in August and ended in the first half of September on the Caucasian Mineral Waters.  111     A typewritten copy (BMM).   Posted: PSS, 6, M., 1940, pp. 533.   I send the ending of the poem. - This is a poem, "Good!", The first part of which was dealt 4 and July 22.  112     Submitted by: "Mayakovsky."   Our bulldogs ... - puppies born to dogs Bulka.   I read two times ... Lugansk - Mayakovsky 27 and July 28 in Lugansk, 29 July Stalin's August 4, Simferopol, Sevastopol, August 5, August 8 in Alushta.   I live in Yalta with the Citizen ... - Living in Yalta, Mayakovsky wrote with VM Citizen screenplay "The engineer D'Arcy." The script was commissioned August 25, 1927 at the Yalta HFSA factory, but the film on it was not delivered.   Got there ... "Mol <odaya> Guard" my second part of the poem. - In the magazine "Young Guard" were printed 9 - 12 chapters of the poem "Good!" (1927, No 10).   Ed. Plan - Editorial Planning Department State Publishing House. Without the approval of the creative department of an application could not be executed by the contract. Redplan accepted the offer of a poet. September 19 contract for the sixth volume of collected works was made.   With the passage ..., sent for the "Lef" ... - In the magazine "New Lef" No 7 sent 19 head of Mayakovsky's poem "Good".  113     Draft autograph telegram (TsGALI).   Published in the journal. "The Star", by L. 1957, No 7 (see Sim. Dreiden, "Twenty-fifth").   Dated to the content.   Directed by N. Smolich, placed in the Leningrad Maly Opera Theater production of "The twenty-fifth" (in which was based on Chapter 2 - 8 of the poem "Good!"), Arrived on August 22 in Simferopol, Crimea, sent a telegram to the PI Lavut requesting a route Mayakovsky. Mayakovsky written in response to a telegram Smolitsch.   According to the magazine, "The Worker and the Theatre" (L. 1927, No 36, 6 September), "Mayakovsky liked Smolich developed a draft submission, and he spent much litchast performance."   Premiere of "Twenty-fifth" was held on November 6, 1927.  114  

   Telegram.   Provide the name of the State Publishing House October poem well. - The message is first mentioned final title of the poem - "Good".   We rearrange the latter, the penultimate poem. - Mayakovsky's poem initially supposed to finish 18 head. It was preceded by a chapter and then became 19.  115     Authorized typescript (Institute of World Literature).   Posted: PSS, 6, M., 1940, pp. 534.   The letter notes Mayakovsky remained unidentified person: against § § 1 and 2 - "Cover has already ordered (cliché) [can not fulfill the request]." Then the bracketed words were crossed out and attributed to "executed". But the latter refers only to the cover sheet. On the cover was removed the word "October" and put "Good", but the numbers "25" and "1917" remained.   Against Clause 3 note: "19, not 23." Why Mayakovsky put the number "23", is unclear. Even while reading the poem, he broke a 22 chapter.   The last two requests were executed Mayakovsky's publisher.  116     A typewritten copy (Institute of World Literature).   The fully published.   The request was granted Mayakovsky "   Work on the "Drama" and "Roman" ... - See the letter of Mayakovsky and the Literary and Art Department of the State Publishing House on March 15, 1926 and ca. to him (pp. 82 and 325).  117     TsGALI.   Published for the first time.   Speeches Mayakovsky in October 1927 were almost entirely devoted to reading just finished the poem, "Good!". In addition, a trip to Leningrad, was associated with the forthcoming statement of the Maly Opera Theatre performance "The Twenty-fifth" of the text of Chapters 2 - 8 this poem Mayakovsky. October 6, 1927 Boro (service bureau of workers' organizations) addressed to the poet with a proposal to organize his party in the hall and enter the Academic Capella in the program a few scenes from the play. October 26 speech of the poet began Leningrad, which lasted until November 3.  118     Telegram (Manuscript Division of the Leningrad Theatre Museum).   Published in the journal. "The Star", by L. 1957, No 7 (see Sim. Dresden, "Twenty-fifth").   Bring ... text. - Probably in the telegram in question on the text of the final chorus and an apotheosis for the play "The twenty-fifth." "October 26, Mayakovsky really came to

Leningrad and immediately handed over to the theater text apotheosis. This text - the final line of the" October poems ":" The joy of rushing. Not for you to pay for us? Life is beautiful and amazing "" (Sim. Dreiden, Twenty-fifth, "The Star", by L. 1957, No 7, page 187).  119     The manuscript of an unknown person. Signature - signature of Mayakovsky (BMM).   Published for the first time.   Pictures of Lenin ... the film with the film frame by E. Shub ... - the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution was a film "The Great Way", made by EI Shub director of the documentary filming of materials.   Please Mayakovsky was granted, and on the cover was a portrait of Lenin.  120     Handwritten copy (TsGALI). Published for the first time.   Dated on the content: No 7 "New Lef" was published in October 1927. No 8 - 9 "New Lef" was released in early November.   Aseeva ... and Mayakovsky's poem dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution. - These are poems Aseeva "Simon Proskakov" Mayakovsky and the "Good".  121     Kept by the recipient.   Published for the first time.  122     Kept by the SI Kirsanov.   Published by: Katanian - 56.   Dated SI Kirsanov.   Mayakovsky could not speak at the club since November 20 went on a tour of Ukraine, North Caucasus and Transcaucasia.  123     BMM.   Posted: PSS, 10, M., 1941, pp. 439.   I've seen ... "LEF" in the manuscript. - This is a No 10 of the magazine "New Lef" Mayakovsky sent to the article "Expanding the verbal base," and a small note about newsreels performances in Leningrad, Moscow, Kharkov, October 26 - 22 November, which the magazine was not published (see page 276 pres. volume).  124     Published for the first time.

   From November 28 through December 13, Mayakovsky appeared in Rostov, Armavir, Baku and Tbilisi, Kutaisi in he was not. Returned to Moscow on December 17.  125     Draft autograph in his notebook in 1927, No 51 (BMM).   Published for the first time.   The recipient is not specified in the draft, is expected to give.   Dated to the content.   Speaking of "continuous performances from October 26," Mayakovsky had in mind: he began to read the reports and their works in Leningrad on October 26, and then, before arriving in Tbilisi, speaking in Moscow, Kharkov, Rostov, Novocherkassk, Taganrog, Armavir and Baku - for 43 days, he spoke 34 times.   Apparently, because of overwork, he decided to interrupt his speech was. However, he instructed the organizer of performances PI Lavut settle all financial obligations with respect to a number of organizations. In the notebook of the poet, together with the draft of the published letters written by his hand, kept the project references, which should give him Lavut:   "I certify that I settled in Tiflis, in connection with a break of Mayakovsky statements all material liabilities to the organizations who have passed a performance space, as well as service technicians.   According to V. Mayakovsky in connection with the device, there can be no material claims. "   We can assume that the intention to leave Tbilisi ahead of schedule, Mayakovsky wanted to publish this letter in the "Dawn of the East" or in other Tiflis newspaper.   Still, reports and readings were continued, and December 12, Mayakovsky spoke to the proletarian writers, and therefore need help in writing and no longer needed.  126     TsGALI.   Posted: gas. "Evening Moscow", Moscow, 1959, No 211, 7 September (see "Documents of Mayakovsky").   The recipient is determined by the content and the place of storage of the original application - in the archives of the writer PD Herman, who worked in 1928 in a variety section MODPiK.   I think it impossible to ... unacceptable. - It seems that the word "unacceptable" should be replaced with the word "impossible", but the latter remained nevycherknutym.   Kachalov - read the works of Mayakovsky in October 1922. In October 1922 he wrote from Prague Kachalov VI. Nemirovich-Danchenko: "Learn and read Mayakovsky's" Adventure in the country with the sun "(it's in the book" Liren "). In public has not had to read it, but in the intimate company, say, a good read. Even strict judge approves" ("Vasily Kachalov," ed. "Art", Moscow, 1954, page 536). I personally met with the poet in Leningrad in June 1927. Apparently, after the release of the poem "Good!" Mayakovsky sent an enthusiastic letter, which said that the poem is prepared to perform from the stage. "I would teach - has already begun to work - and I will read at least excerpts, if do not mind" ("Moscow Art Theater Yearbook", 1948, Part 2, ed. "Art", Moscow 1951, p 631).

While appreciating the acting Kachalova, Mayakovsky was not completely satisfied with its performance, "No, goodness of author readings are not in acting. Kachalov reads better than me, but he can not read the way I" (v. 12 crust. Ed ., page 163).   The repertoire Kachalov in 1928 were the following works of Mayakovsky: "Geyneobraznoe," "Good attitude to the young lady," "extraordinary adventure ...", "Jubilee", excerpts from the poem "about this" and "Good!" .   Harkavy, MN - entertainer. One of the first performers of works of Mayakovsky. At the request of the poet reading in 1919 in the "Cafe Poetry," the first part of the poem "A Cloud in Trousers", a poem, "And you could?", "Naval Love," "extraordinary adventure ...".   Ilyinsky IV - while the actor of the State. Theater Sun Meyerhold. In the twenties read "Hymn to the judge," "extraordinary adventure ...", "Prozasedavshiesya."   Kaminska EM - Artist of the stage, one of the first performers of works of Mayakovsky.   "Blue Blouse" - the kind of pop theater, which emerged in 1923 in Moscow and has been widely used by professional and amateur stage. Performers were dressed in special costumes - blue blouse. Mayakovsky, who sympathized with the "blue shirt", has repeatedly put his work as a material for the execution of the platform in the "Blue Blouse" (Moscow 1926, NoNo 25, 27 - 28, 32, 1927, No 5 - 6, 1928 , No 3).   From the works of other artists in the twenties Mayakovsky known artist OV Gzovskaya ("We March"), VL Yureneva ("A Cloud in Trousers"), SG Vysheslavtsev ("War and Peace", "150 000 000 "and" Lenin ").   Since 1919, Mayakovsky began to read the Red Army in the audience NA Golubentsev (number of poems, "A Cloud in Trousers" and later, and other poems) and VN Yakhontov ("Good attitude to horses," "extraordinary adventure ..." , the poem "War and Peace" and "150 million") In 1925 his composition "Lenin" Yakhontov included excerpts from a poem by Mayakovsky's "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin." At the same time with them at amateur concerts began to perform the work of Mayakovsky GV Artobolevsky, who in 1927 began performing as a professional reader. I read in these years Mayakovsky and Anton Schwartz.  127     Telegram (TsGALI).   In a telegram to stand day and month. Year is determined by content.   The fully published.   January 21, Mayakovsky went on a lecture tour to Kazan, Sverdlovsk, Perm, Vyatka.  128     Institute of World Literature.   Posted: PSS, 6, M., 1940, pp. 539.   Abuse on the price rose repeatedly in the letters and print. - See, for example, drawing a gas. "Evening Moscow", 1927, November 19 I. Bespalov, and a review of the book Mayakovsky's "Good!" in the gas. "The Truth", M. 1927, December 28. The second edition of the poem "Good!" published in September 1928. The cost of books has been reduced by half against the cost of the first edition.  129  

   TsGALI.   Published for the first time.   In the lecture tour of major cities of Ukraine Mayakovsky left on February 25, slightly modifying the route (Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Berdichev, Zhitomir, Kiev, Vinnitsa, Odessa, Kiev).  130     Telegram.   Printed publications gas. "Chornomorska Commune", Odessa, 1940, No 76, March 30 (see R. Shen, "Mayakovsky in Odessa. Arrival in 1928").   Dated to the content.   JA Bogachinsky Mayakovsky was the administrator speaking in Odessa, scheduled for March 2, and then transferred to 10 and 11 March. However, in these days of performances due to illness, the poet could not take place. PI Lavut Bogachinskomu telegraphed from Nezhin: "Rule of physicians allowed to perform Mayakovsky week. Because transfer performance at the twentieth, which is absolutely and definitely will. Eighteenth drive out of Moscow." To confirm his arrival, the poet gave a published telegram.   March 22 in the hall of the City Council was held the evening of Mayakovsky "Listen to the new."  131     Authorized typescript (Institute of World Literature).   The fully published.   In the statement, the head of the State Publishing House litters survived AB Khalatov, who pointed out that "a complaint that Mayakovsky's true - indeed overdue edition in over a year," suggested "speed up production." To outline the actual calendar dates of issue and bear them, "etc. These measures have contributed to further the orderly release of the collected works.   V ... a fragmented ... that was published - the fifth volume of collected works, which began with the publication, released in June 1927. Subsequent second and third volumes were signed for publication in May 1928.  132     Institute of World Literature.   Published for the first time.   The request was granted. See pages 82 and 325.  133     Telegram (TsGALI).   Published in the journal. "Theater", Moscow I960, No 4 (see A. The February, "Mayakovsky and his play").   Mayakovsky Theater. Sun Meyerhold signed a 23 - March 24, 1926, "a conciliatory note" that Mayakovsky in two weeks the theater will present the play "The Comedy of the

murder." However, busy with many activities, he said, despite repeated reminders of Vsevolod Meyerhold, do not write this piece (of it were only rough sketches, see v. 11 crust. Ed., Page 412).   In 1928, the theater, with a repertoire of three plays the classics, did not have new high quality pieces of Soviet Writers, and Meyerhold May 4 sent from Sverdlovsk, which then toured the theater, the following telegram (TsGALI):   "Moscow, Gosteatr Meyerhold, the February, transmit to Mayakovsky.   Last call on your prudence. The theater is killed. No plays. From the classics are forced to abandon. I do not want to reduce the repertoire. Forgive a serious answer: Can we expect to get your play during the summer. Telegraph immediately: Sverdlovsk, Central Hotel.Meyerhold. "     This telegram was read Mayakovsky, while bolevshih, over the phone. He said he would think. In response to a telegram dated "12". Meyerhold was in Sverdlovsk in May and June, but, apparently, Mayakovsky answered him in a few days, so a telegram dated May.   Seven months later, after the reply came, and the play - it was the comedy "Bug".

134     Authorized typescript (TsGALI).   Published for the first time.   In a letter to the resolution of AI Svidersky "application support in the amount of 2,000 rubles in foreign currency. Since this trip is not the People's Commissariat, the currency must be issued not by the limit of the People's Commissariat."   Glaviskusstvo sent a letter similar to the content of the resolution, Mosfinotdel. There also have been sent before, and the following letter to the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" dated 14 June:   "Comrade. Mayakovsky was sent Komsomol Central Committee and the editors of the newspaper" Komsomolskaya Pravda "in the six-month journey from Moscow, Vladivostok, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, New York, Paris, Rome, Constantinople, Batum.   Komsomol Central Committee and the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" asked to give a comrade. Mayakovsky export permit required for travel and living abroad, the amount of foreign currency.   The issue of travel consistent with the Agitation and Propaganda Department of the CPSU (b).The Secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee Milchakov.Managing editor of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" fire ".     Preserved on the copy of the letter postscript AI Svidersky shows that in July the matter was resolved in principle: "People's Commissariat of NP Bryukhanova. I beg you to grant the request that Mayakovsky in the amount of $ 1,000, of which we have agreed to phone 2 months ago. 2.IX--28 was. "   A special meeting of the currency in the People's Commissariat, consider the application of Mayakovsky October 5, 1928, Mayakovsky allowed to export abroad, "1000 (one thousand dollars) with the right to purchase foreign currency at the bank." The money was obtained by Mayakovsky on October 6. But Mayakovsky, left Moscow on October 8, limited to a visit to Berlin and Paris.

   To assist in the renewal of passports obtained on the said route. - The trip abroad was to be held in April 1928, but due to illness, Mayakovsky fell. A passport was issued by Mayakovsky March 28, 1928.  135     Institute of World Literature.   Published for the first time.   In a statement, chief editor of the resolution, GB Neradova marked on June 29, which makes it possible to date the letter.   The proposal was accepted at the rate of pay 250 rubles for a leaf.   Numbers 7 - 10 skipped Mayakovsky.   14) Don households account. - The final title: "All is not gold that self-financing."   15) Plum. - The final title: "Truth."   16) Employees of the verse and prose. - Full name: "Workers of the verse and prose, for the summer traveling to farms."   18) Unemployment. - The final title: "Unemployed."   19) Slightly cheeky verses. - Full name: "Slightly sassy poems from Emkahi comrades."   20) In the summer people go on vacation. - The final title: "We have a rest."   24 and 25) Fist, Bourgeois Nouveau. - Common name: "Person of the class enemy."   31) Cultural Revolution. - The final title: "The heart, please."   32) Story of the caster. - Full name: "The story of Ivan caster Kozyrev of the universe into a new apartment."   34) Give whistles! - The final title: "Give rotten eggs."   36) The schoolboys. - The final name of "high-school boy or builder."   37) Bohemian. - It is not clear what kind of poem in question.   39) To Moscow! - The final title: "Three thousand and three sisters."   40) May march. - The final title: "Sun flag."   41) Spring Song. - The final title: "May Song".  136     Telegram (TsGALI).   Published for the first time.   Dated to the content.   Should be around the fifteenth Moscow in August ... - Mayakovsky returned to Moscow on August 11.   During September, should be read before the Outside Moscow, Leningrad, Kharkov. - Mayakovsky went abroad on October 8. Before that, he gave a series of lectures in Moscow and Leningrad.  137     Telegram. (Stored at the VA Katanyan.)   Submitted by: LF - 65.

   Telegram is a response to a letter from VM Citizen of June 29 from Kharkov with an invitation to visit him: "I invite you to join me for a few days ... going on holiday on August 1. I do not know where. You will pass before a telegram to give ... " (BMM).  138     A typewritten copy (BMM).   Published by: Katanian - 45.   Dated on the day of delivery of the manuscript (see below) and the departure of Mayakovsky in the Crimea (July 23).   A letter is associated with the publication of the collection "School Mayakovsky," the manuscript of which the poet passed the State Publishing House July 13, 1928. The manuscript was seen September 18, 1928 at the 223 meeting of the committee to view textbooks for scientific and pedagogical sections HUS (State of the Academic Council), where it was decided: "To allow, subject to the corrections mentioned in the review and approval of these patches with Comrade. Freiman" (TsGALI). February 22, 1929 the collection was again put to the publisher.   Resolution Lunacharsky unknown. However, we can assume that it was positive, as published in the September 1929 book has all the work, which insisted on the inclusion of Mayakovsky.  139     Telegram.   Published in the journal. "Crocodile", M. 1930, No 12. Dated to the content.   The poem was published in the journal. "Crocodile", M. 1928, No 29.  140     A typewritten copy (BMM).   Submitted by: Vladimir Mayakovsky, Kino, M. Goskinoizdat, 1940.   April 10, 1928, Mayakovsky received a telegram HFSA, said that his script, "Comrade Kopytko" ("Down with the fat!") And "The Life of a revolver" Repertkomom rejected. In the subsequent explanation for her (May 5, 1928) stated that by order of the Supreme kinorepertuarnogo committee of Ukraine of April 6, 1928 scripts are not allowed to be staged, the reasons that caused the ban has not been named.   HFSA has not accepted offers to repay Mayakovsky other scenarios, and disagreed with the requirement of the poet's account of his costs associated with travel to Kiev, where the board was placed HFSA.   I beg you to order the dispatch of motivated me to discharge prohibition. - The papers of the poet's statement was not found. In all likelihood, it has not been sent.   On the direct order ... so ... Fur - AI Shub held until IO Vorobyov as Chairman of the Board HFSA.   Have been taken ... and the theme of the libretto as proposals for additions and changes, koi have been made to me and ... - Mayakovsky passed the Moscow representative HFSA September 30, 1927 script "The Story of a revolver," and the libretto of the script, "Down with the fat". March 8, 1928 in Kiev, he, as evidenced by a receipt (BMM), passed the

HFSA scenario "Comrade Kopytko" ("Down with the fat!") And "The Life of a revolver" (apparently, was the last text processing script, "The Story of a revolver" collected from September 30, 1927).  141     Kept by G. Sannikov. Posted: PSS, 9, M., 1941, pp. 483. In the journal "Red Virgin Soil", M. 1928, No 8, an article was published Talnikova D. "Literary Notes." Chapters 5 and 6, called "ordinary Mayakovsky", the author hit the essays "My Discovery of America" and American poetry. Article Talnikova Mayakovsky's poem said "Galopschik for writers."  142     TsGALI.   Published in the journal. "Banner", M. 1940, No 6 - 7 (see P. Lavut, "Mayakovsky went to the Union").   Dated to the litter on the copy (TsGALI).   The evening was held September 26, 1928 in the large auditorium of the Museum.  143     TsGALI.   Published for the first time.   In a lecture, "Levey LEF" Mayakovsky made on September 29 in the hall of the Academic Orchestra (Leningrad).  144     Institute of World Literature.   The fully published.   In the letter head of the Resolution. Department of Sandomierz, GB: "I do not mind."   The letter handed an unidentified person made a postscript: "All the proofs collected works, etc. please give comrade. Osip Maksimovich Brik, Moscow, St. Vorontsovskaya., Hendrick Lane., 15, Apt. 5. Tel. 2 - 35 - 79 ".   I go on holiday ... ... - On the same day Mayakovsky went abroad.   Completion ... almost completed work. - Mayakovsky, apparently was referring to the comedy "The Bug".  145     I'm in Paris ... ... - Mayakovsky lived in Paris from October 5.   Food ... ... Nice to ... - In Nice Mayakovsky spent a few days and returned to Paris.   Piscator yet bankrupt. - German director Erwin Piscator, organized in September 1927 in Berlin, his experimental political theater, which had at first a great success. The revolutionary thrust theater Piscator, apparently, that prompted him to offer his Mayakovsky's play, "Bug." However, in 1928 due to unfavorable circumstances the theater suddenly suffered a financial collapse.

   Auspices of the Paris does not see the (small lektsiishki) ... - auspices - predictions and views on the future. Here, in the sense that Paris plans did not materialize.   "Malik" - German progressive publisher with whom Mayakovsky had been linked since the publication of the translation, "150 million" (1924). The contract for the publication of plays and other works was signed on February 20, 1929, during the next trip abroad.   Specifically looking ... Motor Show. - Mayakovsky was going to buy a car.   Shalit. - It is a member of the Board "Mezhrabpomfilm" EM Shalyto. Lili asked to send pieces of the foreign newsreels for use in the movie "The Glass Eye," which she filmed with VL Pearly.  146     Telegram.   Scenario leading the negotiations ... - Survived a summary in French, content script Mayakovsky "Ideal and a blanket," which may have served as a subject of negotiations.  147     Razdrakonivayu play ... and the script. - The play "The Bug", the script seems to be "ideal, and a blanket."   Your letter of ... "Kino-eye." - This is the movie "The Glass Eye" (see above).   Telephone directories: ... ... Kostrov, that the poems I write ... - Mayakovsky has in mind "about the poem sold veal" (gaz. "Komsomolskaya Pravda", M. 1928, No 292, 16 December), "Poems about the beauty of architecture" (zhurn. " Spark ", M. 1928, No 52, December 23)," Letter to Comrade Kostrov from Paris about the nature of love "(zhurn." Young Guard ", M. 1929, No 1).   ... If you got the proofs for that ... - Lili adjusted the Collected Works Vol IV Mayakovsky.   I will do ... at least 8 - 10. - He returned to Moscow on 8 December.   End of twists and turns ... renoshnyh - ie, buying a car brand "Renault".  148     TsGALI.   Published for the first time.   In mid-January, Mayakovsky left for several days in Kharkov. Due to illness the throat performances in other cities did not take place.  149     Institute of World Literature.   The fully published.   Mayakovsky's proposal was supported by Department employees: 18 January, a draft contract, and February 1, he was signed, with a somewhat different amount of the fee.  150  

   Handwritten copy (TsGALI).   Published for the first time.   Poster prepared for the upcoming trip to the Caucasus and the Crimea. See it on page 170 pres. volume.  151     TsGALI.   Published for the first time.   Mayakovsky's lecture tour in the Caucasus and the Crimea lasted from 21 July to 18 August.

152     Authorized typescript (Institute of World Literature).   Published for the first time.   The letter is due to the State Publishing House proposal to change some points of agreement. The parties agreed during the negotiations that took place on June 14.   Attached to the letter reference FOSP (Federation of Associations of Soviet Writers) by May 23, 1929, confirming the arguments of Mayakovsky. In it, inter alia, stated: "The payment of 75 kopeks. Per line in relation to the poetic works, issued the first edition of the book, taking into account the usual charge of our publishers and skills that Mayakovsky as a writer, we consider normal."  153     Authorized typescript (Institute of World Literature).   Published by: Katanian - 45.   Edition 2-mass library of books for cheap ... - Collection of "Selected Works" Mayakovsky in "Cheap Library State Publishing House" was released in 1930, after the death of the poet. The second book was not published.   Statements last week and sales of books on the book market ... - Mayakovsky appeared in the "Day Book" - June 9 - in the October Red Army camps and hosted by the State Publishing House book bazaar at the Tver Boulevard.   Promote ... publicity around the publication of my collected works ... - Available at AB Khalatov Gosizdat No 1916/ah of June 15, said: "The request of Comrade. Mayakovsky notification in the press about his work and ask the right think-sector bargaining, respectively, to take into account" (BMM).   Promote the immediate conclusion of a contract for the publication of almanacs "Ref." - A question about the publication of collections of "Ref" ("Revolutionary Front of Art") was discussed at a meeting of the editorial board of the publishing house, which was resolved favorably.   Reference Group, headed by Vladimir Mayakovsky was formed in May - early June of the writers who emerged from the LEF (see the following letter to the board of the State Publishing House on June 14, 1929 and a letter to Glavlit of September 24, 1929, pp. 213 - 214 and 132 of the crust. volume).  

154     A typewritten copy (Institute of World Literature).   Published for the first time.   With the DI Maryanov Mayakovsky met in 1919 when he was appointed scientific secretary of the literary department of the People's Commissariat. Apparently, the attorney has not been transferred since the beginning of next year, Mayakovsky wrote, based in Berlin, Lili that she did not give Maryanov "no plays, no proxies" (see letter dated March 19, 1930, pp. . 136 pres. volume).   The power of attorney has been certified by the secretary of the Moscow society of dramatic authors and composers.   Bonus - additional remuneration of persons of the administrative apparatus of the net profit, in this case obtained from the theater staging the play.  155     A typewritten copy (Institute of World Literature).   Published for the first time.  156   Telegram (TsGALI).   Published for the first time.   I'm going straight ... - Mayakovsky went to Sochi, July 17, 1929. The first performance took place in Sochi on July 21.  157     TsGALI.   Published in the journal. "Banner", M. 1940, No 6 - 7 (see P. Lavut, "Mayakovsky went to the Union").   See letter to AB Khalatov on June 10, 1929 in Moscow Provincial Directorate of literature and publishing from the beginning of October 1929 (pages 130 and 133 of the crust. Volume).   Evening "opens Ref" was held October 8, 1929 in Moscow, in a large auditorium of the Museum.   Denial of the fact ... naked ... - It seems that Mayakovsky had in mind lefovskuyu theory "literature of fact" rejected the very element of fiction in literature and promote the replacement of a novel newspaper essay.  158     Institute of World Literature.   Published by: Katanian - 48.   The request was granted.   ... With the release of the new magazine ... - Reference Group assumed the publication of his journal of "Lef" and "New Lef". This initiative did not materialize.  

159     TsGALI.   Published for the first time.   Dated to the content.   Is in addition to the letter to the General Administration of literature and publishing from the September 24, 1929 (p. 132 pres. Volume).   Program ... will be based on an article by Comrade. A. Brick ... - Mayakovsky has in mind an answer Osip Brik the questionnaire of the magazine "Book and Revolution", Moscow 1929, No 12, where the main problem Refal formulated as follows: "Once again organized by the literary group" Ref "- - "Revolutionary Front of the Arts" - led by Mayakovsky, Brik, Aseev, Rodchenko, and others put strong demand all literary trends unequivocally renounce any attempt to defect from the front of the class struggle and insisting on active participation in the current literature, combat tasks of socialist agitation and advocacy. "   This paper was attached to the application.   The evening was held October 8, 1929.  160     Institute of World Literature.   Published for the first time.   Despite the fact that the State Publishing House went against Mayakovsky, a collection of "Ref" in the light did not come out. January 3, 1930 the poet had applied for its accession to the RAPP (Russian Association of Proletarian Writers) (see below, pp. 350 - 351). Left without a leader, the group disbanded and no longer need to book publishing group.  161     Telegram.   Printed on gas. "Izhorets" Kolpino, 1930, No 1 (48), January 5.   Is the answer to the telegram of the Board of the club, "Moscow, Press House, Mayakovsky. Izhora factory workers ask you to speak in Kolpino at an evening dedicated to your creativity. Tell terms and conditions upon arrival ..."   Speech held on January 9.  162     TsGALI.   "Literary Gazette", M. 1930, No 6 (43), February 10.   As the writer says N. Libedinsky, the idea of joining the RAPP Mayakovsky emerged in late 1929: "This is a historical fact which can attest to the authenticity of some comrades, when Mayakovsky in 1929 decided for themselves the question of joining RAPP, he wanted to on this occasion to talk to A. Fadeev and did not do it just because there was no Fadeyev in Moscow "(Yu Libedinsky, Contemporaries. Memories," Soviet Writer ", Moscow, 1958, page 173). As the VA Sutyrin, the then Secretary VOAPP (All-Union Association of Proletarian Writers Association), Mayakovsky had told him about his desire

to join the PPAR in early January 1930. Due to the fact that some leaders of RAPP was not at that time in Moscow, the question was somewhat delayed.   Whether it was a statement written on January 3, as is listed in the original, and this date is a slip of the pen, according to VA Katanian, dating back to February 3 (V. Katanian - 56, page 395) is hard to say. Perhaps it was the result of preliminary negotiations, but with the same reason it can be argued that it was the beginning of. More importantly, the desire to join Mayakovsky into RAPP arose much earlier than February 1930. Confirmed by the fact that the leadership of RAPP took considerable time to reach an agreed solution.   Mayakovsky was adopted unanimously in the first Regional Conference of PPAR MAPP (the Moscow Association of Proletarian Writers), February 6, 1930. On the same day were taken poets constructivists Ed. Bagritsky and Vl. Lugovskoi. Speaking of which VA Sutyrin said: "In the case of Mayakovsky question beads. We were and are big differences. He honestly says about them, and we understand that PPAR he would hold his own position. We have no doubt in his subjective sincerity, objectively, he was helpful to us and will help move our business. Our fight with them on creative issues, and there will be only a friendly "(" Literary Gazette ", M. 1930, No 6 (43), 10 February).  163     "Komsomolskaya Pravda", M. 1930, No 11 -14 January.   The letter was written in response to the article "Spousal travel at state expense."   The letter is accompanied by the following note:   "I fully support and endorse the request vols. Of Travel Ref Cdes. Brick and subscribe to the letter in the" Komsomolskaya Pravda ".   Secretary of the Federation union <eny> cos <etskih> WritersSutyrin.Secretary of PPAR Luzgin. "     ... Founder of the theory of social order ... - The theory was formulated basically OM Brik and BI Arvatov. Its meaning lies in the following words of Brick, "the poet - a master of words, re-chetvorets serving his class, his social group. About what to write - it tells the consumer" ("LEF", M. 1924, No 2, pp. 156).   L. ... Brik ... first translator of the theoretical work of Gross, Wittfogel ... - Translated Lili German article published artist George Gross, "By my works" ("LEF", Moscow, 1923, No 2) and one-act play by Karl Wittfogel " The Fugitive "- a tragedy in seven phone calls (" LEF ", Moscow, 1923, No 1).  164     Kept by Lili.   Submitted by: "Vladimir Mayakovsky" (see A. The February, "Bath").   Directed by VV Lyutse placed in the National Drama Theater in Leningrad People's House play "Banya." Premiered on January 30, 1930. Mayakovsky could not go to Leningrad, as he was busy preparing for the exhibition "20 years". At his request, went back Lili.   ... About some trouble with the "bath." - Appeared in Leningrad newspapers negative reviews about the play and the play.

  165     TsGALI.   Posted: gas. "Komsomolskaya Pravda", M. 1930, No 91, April 20.   February 15 at a crowded meeting held in the exhibition "20 years", adopted a resolution on the transfer of the exhibition in the Public Library of the USSR. Lenin. Mayakovsky expressed with the hope that the materials were transmitted to later given a separate room. Director of the Library February 17, VI Nevsky endorsed the proposal, and the exhibition was transferred to the Museum of Literature, who was at the library.   Shock Brigade. - At a meeting Feb. 15 with a circle of poetry, the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" has offered to organize the youth, "Shock Brigade Mayakovsky" for the study and promotion of the poet. This proposal was implemented.  166     Bulka Shnayda looked with curiosity ... - Lili sent the photo to Mayakovsky "Shnayda" - the innkeeper's dog - and your photos with the lion cub in his arms, shot in the Berlin Zoo.   MODPiK - Moscow society of dramatic authors and composers. Existed prior to January 13, 1930, when it was reorganized into the All-Russian Society of Playwrights and Composers (Vserosskomdram).   Obolensky was very happy ... - Filmmaker LL Obolensky had brought from Berlin a letter from Lili.   If you will ... in my statement ... - We are talking about the supposed production of "The Bedbug" in Frankfurt am Main (Germany).   The day before yesterday was the premiere of "Bath." - Premiere of "The Baths" in the State. Theatre Sun Meyerhold was held on March 16. M. Strauch played the role of Pobedonosikova.   In early April, obviously, will be in Berlin Meyerhold. - State. Theatre Sun Meyerhold began his overseas tour in Berlin on April 1. Part of the company, remaining in the USSR, toured in Saratov and other cities of the Volga region.   Of the new people (almost forgot) I have been a couple of times, and Semyon Klavka wanted (Loew) to introduce Aseev - I do not otbrykivalsya, but not rushed. - Mayakovsky and Aseev Kirsanovs calls "new people", referring to the rift that occurred between them because of the exhibition "20 years".  167     Authorized typescript (BMM).   Published in the journal. "Theatre", Moscow, 1960, No 4 (see A. The February, "Mayakovsky and his play").   The words "and 22 April. City" crossed out with ink (signature Mayakovsky made in pencil, April 22 Mayakovsky was no longer alive).   Date of the day is determined by the premiere of "Bani" (March 16, 1930) and the date specified in the statement (31 March).   The theater acted as a patron of the first pioneer home of the Red Presnya.   Guest - Gos. Theatre Sun Meyerhold.

  168     BMM.   Published: "The Truth", M. 1930, No 104, April 15, the facsimile - LN - 65.   April 14, 1930, Mayakovsky shot from a revolver suicide.   As the saying goes - "the incident striation" ... and grievances. - Several paraphrased lines from the unfinished sketch, written probably in the summer of 1929 (Vol. 10 crust. ed., pp. 286 - 287).   Vappovtsy - from VAPP (Russian Association of Proletarian Writers).   Sorry ... - ... withdrew the slogan - This is one of the slogans that were written for the show "Bath" in the State. Theatre Sun Meyerhold, removed from the wall of the auditorium at the suggestion of RAPP leadership. The slogan "Just do not evaporate the swarm of bureaucrats ..." (See v. 11 crust. Ed., Page 350) was directed against the criticism of Vladimir Yermilova speaking to unfair attacks on Mayakovsky.