The Twelve (poem)

The Twelve

Author	Aleksandr Blok
Original title	Двѣнадцать
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Genre	Poem
Publication date	1918
Media type	Print

The Twelve (Russian: Двена́дцать, romanized: Dvenádtsat) is a controversial long poem by Aleksandr Blok. Written early in 1918, the poem was one of the first poetic responses to the October Revolution of 1917.