dramatic performances of Les Kurbas in Berezil (Ukrainian studio theatre in Kharkiv, founded in 1922) and later acquaintance with Oleksandr Dovzhenko, whom M. Bazhan met at All-Ukrainian photo and film administrative body, might have had more influence on the boy. At the turn of 20s-30s, Mykola Bazhan experienced his creative ardour. One after another, several books of his poems 17th patrol (1926), Carved shadow (1927), Buildings (1929) were published. These works are notable for their passionate pathetics, rich lexicon, striving for comprehending Ukrainian past in the context of world history. Severely criticized for digressing from the revolutionary themes, Mykola Bazhan in his poem called Hoffman night (1929) uncovers the tragedy of debility of an artist in the hostile environment.During this period of his life M. Bazhan put lots of his vigour and time into the youngest of Ukrainian arts cinematography (in 20s-30s he was an author of over 10 scripts for feature and documentary films, became an editor of the magazine Cinema).In 1929-1930, Bazhan creates his epochal creations Getto in Uman and Blind men (only two parts of this work are extant). After publication of the first part, where the poet prophesied the future renaissance of Ukraine, further its publishing was prohibited and the author was labeled by communist critics as a nationalist.In the early 30s the art of literary translation replaced his interest in cinematography. GeorgianSovietRepublic entered into his life for a long time. There he found a lot of friends; the Georgian theme is noticeable in many of his works. Georgia awarded him with the Shota Rustaveli State Prize and conferred a title of Honoured Art Worker of Georgian SSR for amazing translations of The Knight in the Panthers Skin and D. Guramshvilis Davitiani. In 1939, thanks to the translation of Shota Rustavelis famous poem M. Bazhan receives the Order of Lenin, instead of an arrest warrant...Starting from the first days of the war, in 1941, M. Bazhan became an editor of the frontline newspaper For Soviet Ukraine! distributed in the territories occupied by fascists. At that time M. Bazhan published a historical poem Danylo Galytskyi, series of verses Stalingrad notebook, Kyiv etudes and others.In 1943-1949 M. Bazhan held a post of Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR; the Chairman of the Board of Union of Writers of Ukraine (1953-1959). As an official person he frequently travelled abroad, appeared at the United Nations General Assembly in London and New York; took part in numerous conferences and jubilee celebrations. The results of these travels were series of verses English impressions and Italian meetings. Italy took special place in poets life and work. He held a post of Vice-president of the European Community of Writers for almost a decade (1960-1968). M. Bazhan paid special attention to the wide popularization of Ukrainian language and culture in European countries.Starting from the first days of the war, in 1941, M. Bazhan became an editor of the frontline newspaper For Soviet Ukraine! distributed in the territories occupied by fascists. At that time M. Bazhan published a historical poem Danylo Galytskyi, series of