Katenin, P. Poems (Stikhotvoreniya), 1937. In Russian.

П. Катенин. Стихотворения.
Библиотека поэта. Малая серия №16. Вступительная статья и примечания В. Орлова.
Ленинград: Советский писатель, 1937.
222 с. Уменьшенный формат. Тираж 10,000 экз. Твердый переплет.
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P. Katenin. Poems (Stikhotvoreniya).
Poet's Library (Biblioteka Poeta). Minor Series No. 16. Introductory article and notes by V. Orlov.
Leningrad: Sovetsky Pisatel, 1937.
222 pp. Small format. Edition of 10,000 copies. Hardcover.

This 1937 edition of Pavel Katenin’s poetry is a distinguished entry in the legendary "Poet's Library" series, founded by Maxim Gorky. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the "Archaist" movement in Russian literature, including the arrangement of Katenin’s rigorous ballads, sonnets, and tragedies that famously influenced Alexander Pushkin. A decorated hero of the 1812 Patriotic War and a member of the Union of Salvation, Katenin represented a unique synthesis of Decembrist political passion and a strict adherence to classical forms. This specific volume, published by "Sovetsky Pisatel" in Leningrad, features an introductory article by the noted literary scholar Vladimir Orlov, which helped re-evaluate Katenin's role in the development of 19th-century Russian poetic language.  As a vital primary source, this volume documents the Soviet academic recovery of "minor" masters of the Golden Age during the late 1930s. Released in the characteristic small format of the Minor Series with a cloth-backed hardcover, this edition is a significant bibliographical rarity for collectors of early Soviet series, researchers of the Pushkin era, and scholars of Russian verse theory.