Yuri Tynianov (1894-1943) was a Russian writer and literary theorist, and a central figure among the revolutionary-era scholars who came to be known as the Russian Formalists.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Characters

Küchlya: Decembrist Poet: A Novel

Willie

The Bechelkückeriad

Europe

Caucasus

In the Country

Sons of the Fatherland

December

Peter's Square

Escape

Fortress

The End

Some Poems by Wilhelm Küchelbecker
Endnotes