It is no coincidence that at the beginning of the XX century Marina Tsvetaeva called Akhmatova "Anna of All Russia", and critics dubbed her "Russian Sappho": Since the famous poetess "taught women to speak," her poems have been loved by many readers. Akhmatova's lyrics reflected not only "great earthly love", but also all the tragedies and joys that befell her generation: from the mists of the Silver Age to the hardships of the siege of Leningrad. The collection of selected poems and poems by Anna Akhmatova is a unique chance to appreciate the power of the lyrical gift of the poetess and touch the highest examples of Russian poetry, and the preface by critic and literary historian Valery Shubinsky clarifies and deepens the understanding of both the work and the life of the great Anna Akhmatova.