The work of India's greatest poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), who wrote in Bengali, has long been known and loved in Russia. Even in the pre-revolutionary years, two of his collected works were translated into Russian. In the past century, his poetry was translated by outstanding masters, including Boris Pasternak and Anna Akhmatova. This book includes selections from Tagore’s numerous Russian collections of the best translations of his lyrics.