Although some critics may note that Voloshin 's poetry " may be esthetically inferior to that of Pasternak , say , or Akhmatova , and it is somewhat patchy , " it has been noted that " it contains deep philosophical insights and tells us more about Russian history than the works of any other poet . " Many of Voloshin 's comments seem to be prophetic . In a normal state , he wrote , two classes are outside the law : the criminal and the ruling class . Today , Russia has fully realized this principle . Voloshin 's integrity and profound ideas made him a non-person in Soviet Union , and not a single poem of his was published in USSR from 1928 to 1961 . It has been theorized that " if he had not died in 1932 , he would certainly have become another victim of the Great Terror . " ' This is not the first time that , dreaming of freedom , we build a new prison , " read the first line of one of Voloshin 's finest poems
Great Terror
Great Purge
Maximilian Voloshin