Zdanevich’s Berlin report is translated and introduced by Roman Utkin, the author of a monograph on Russian Culture in Weimar Berlin. The volume also includes letters sent by Viktor Shklovsky to Zdanevich, whom he subsequently hosted in Berlin. Translated and introduced by Jyrki Siukonen, these letters, like all other materials are presented with extensive annotations and commentaries.
This volume also presents Zdanevich’s 1914 words-in-freedom poem gaROland. Translated and introduced by the poet Eugene Ostashevsky, the poem is dedicated to the aviator Roland Garros and marks Zdanevich’s initiation into Futurist poetry.