Mayakovski

American

[mah-yuh-kawf-skee, -kof-, muh-yuh-kawf-skyee] / ˌmɑ yəˈkɔf ski, -ˈkɒf-, mə yʌˈkɔf skyi /

Or Mayakovsky

noun

Vladimir Vladimirovich 1893–1930, Russian poet.

Mayakovski British

/ məjɪˈkɔfskij /

noun

Vladimir Vladimirovich (vlaˈdimir vlaˈdimirəvitʃ). 1893–1930, Russian Futurist poet and dramatist. His poems include 150 000 000 (1921) and At the Top of my Voice (1930); his plays include Vladimir Mayakovsky — a Tragedy (1913) and The Bedbug (1929)

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One Russian quoted a famous line by the Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovski from the 1917 revolution, “Eat pineapples, munch your grouse!” and left unstated the second line, “Your last day is coming, bourgeois!”

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