Vladimir Mayakovski, Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovski (in Russ -Sovostic, and one of the most relevant figures of Russian poetry of the early twentieth century. He was initiator of Russian futurism. In fact, he published in 1912, together with David Burliuk and Velimir Jlébnikov, his manifesto slap to the public's taste (пощёчина бществеlines.

Member of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Russia, he was also a defender of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and was responsible for making Bolshevik propaganda throughout the world.

He committed suicide on April 14, 1930, a shot in the heart.