This book is a reconstruction of life of poet Osip Mandelshtam from the moment when he returned from his exile to city of Voronezh in 1937 to his deathe in the transit camp near city of Vladivostok in December 1938. The author of this book collected nuggets of information about the people who were next to the poet and what they witness about him. Also collected are documents, mythes, literary works and other non-verified information about the last year of Mandelshtam"s life