Ivan Aksenov (1884–1935) was a prominent figure in the Russian avant-garde. A discerning critic, polymath, and translator, he authored the world’s first monograph on Picasso (1917) as well as several studies on Shakespearean-era theater. He was a close associate of Vsevolod Meyerhold and a mentor to Sergei Eisenstein (of whom he was also the first biographer). Aksenov was, moreover, a playwright, prose writer, and poet; his verse is striking for its originality—though it received little attention from his contemporaries—even as he served for about two years as the head of the Union of Poets. Following the publication of his poetry collection *Irreverent Foundations* (1916)—released under the imprint of the Futurist group "Centrifuge"—he managed to publish only a few individual poems. The manuscript of a second collection, *Eiffeleia* (1916–1918)—comprising 30 odes to the Eiffel Tower—remained in the archives for nearly a century. A planned third collection, *Odes and Dances* (dating from the early 1920s), never came to fruition. This volume represents the first scholarly edition of Aksenov’s poetry, with all texts accompanied by detailed commentary. A number of these works and documents are being introduced to the public for the first time; notably, the exceptionally rare *Ode to the Vyborg District* (1920)—designed by the artist Georgy Echeistov and preserved in a family archive—is reproduced here in facsimile. The book features 100 rare illustrations, drawn from sources including the Costakis Collection (at the State Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki) and various private archives.