This book introduces the Russian reader to the primary theoretician of the Ukrainian avant-garde and a prominent figure in the Ukrainian cultural revival of the 1920s: Mykhail Semenko (1892–1937). The volume contains key manifestos by Semenko—a poet, cultural catalyst, and founder of "Quero," the first avant-garde group in Ukraine—as well as the leader and conceptual architect of "panfuturism," a movement embodied in the work of groups such as "Aspanfut," "Komunkult," and "Nova Generatsiia" (New Generation).

The edition also includes selected translations of Semenko’s poetry, facsimile reproductions of his controversial collection *Dersannia* (Daring, 1914), and his "visio-poetic" experiments—*Cable-Poem Across the Ocean* and *My Mosaic* (1921–1922)—which exemplify his theories of "poeso-painting" and "meta-art." For the first time, key documents from the Ukrainian branch of Slavic futurism—a movement that spanned from 1914 to 1930—are presented in Russian translation. Readers can gain a sense of the scandalous and exotic nature of this futurism through the elaborate hoaxes of Semenko’s associates, critical writings by his contemporaries, and a rich array of illustrations. The texts are accompanied by detailed commentary. Furthermore, the book provides the first complete bibliography of works published during Semenko’s lifetime, alongside the covers of forty of his books and almanacs.