Death Vladimir Mayakovsky

mayakovsky s farewell letter

mayakovsky committed suicide after dispute polonskaya, whom had brief unstable romance. polonskaya, in love poet, unwilling leave husband, last 1 see mayakovsky alive. but, lilya brik stated in memoirs, idea of suicide chronic disease inside him, , chronic disease worsened under circumstances that, him, undesirable... according polonskaya, mayakovsky mentioned suicide on 13 april, when 2 @ valentin katayev s place, thought trying emotionally blackmail , refused believe second [he] such thing.

the circumstances of mayakovsky s death became matter of lasting controversy. appeared suicide note had been written 2 days before death. after poet s death, lilya , osip briks hastily sent abroad. bullet removed body didn t match model of pistol, , neighbors later reported d heard 2 shots. ten days later, officer investigating poet s suicide himself killed, fueling speculation nature of mayakovsky s death. such speculation, alluding suspicion of murder state services, intensified during periods of first krushchevian de-stalinisation, later glasnost, , perestroika, soviet politicians sought weaken stalin s reputation (or brik s, , association, stalin s) , positions of contemporary opponents. according chantal sundaram:

the extent rumours of mayakovsky s murder remained widespread indicated fact late end of 1991 prompted state mayakovsky museum commission expert medical , criminological inquiry material evidence of death kept in museum: photographs, shirt traces gunshot, carpet on mayakovsky fell, , authenticity of suicide note. possibility of forgery, suggested [andrei] koloskov, had survived theory different variants. results of detailed hand-writing analysis found suicide note undoubtedly written mayakovsky, , included conclusion irregularities depict diagnostic complex, testifying influence ... @ moment of execution ... of disconcerting factors, among probable psycho-physiological state linked agitation. although findings hardly surprising, event indicative of fascination mayakovsky s contradictory relationship soviet authorities survived era of perestroika, despite fact being attacked , rejected political conformism @ time.