Anna Andreevna Akhmatova (1889-1966) is a poet whose work is unconditionally ranked among the golden fund of Russian literature. "Akhmatova's poetry for new people is not what it is for us. We were perplexed, surprised, delighted, argued, and finally became proud. They don't need our enthusiasm. They are not surprised because they came later," wrote the philologist B. M. Eichenbaum in 1923. This edition contains poems from the books "Evening", "Rosary", "White Flock", "Plantain", "Appo Domini", "Reed" published before 1940, as well as poems from this period that were not included in the books. The texts are compared according to autographs kept in state archives and private collections, as well as according to the first publications in the periodical press. The features of the author's spelling, the punctuation of the originals are preserved, and the type of writing of the works is respected whenever possible. The volume is provided with a preface and notes prepared by N. I. Kraineva.