Nikolai Gumilev was born on April 15, 1886 in Kronstadt, Russian Empire [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was a writer, known for
Svidanie v teatre pepla (2000) and
Golos (2012). He was married to
Anna Akhmatova. He died on August 25, 1921 in Berngardowka, Petrograd Governorate, RSFSR [now Leningrad Oblast, Russia].