Far Eastern Futurists and the Satirical Leaflet “Blokha” (“Flea”) (Vladivostok, 1920)

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of publications of poetic feuilletons in the satirical leaflet “Blokha” (“Flea”), which was published in 1920 in Vladivostok. The authors of the publications hid behind pseudonyms that are currently indecipherable. Analyzing the texts, we primarily drew attention to the features characteristic of the poetry of futurists. On the one hand, these features served to create a parody, ridicule the figures of the literary community of Vladivostok in those years. On the other hand, having analyzed examples of poetic and prose feuilletons, we can say that the satirical magazine “Blokha” (“Flea”), published in Vladivostok in 1920, is closely connected with the futuristic movement that was actively developing in the Far Eastern republic in 1918–1921.