Postcard made in the Soviet Union with a picture with the statue of Mayakovski. Vladimir Mayakovsky lived from 1893-1930 and produced a large body of work during the course of his career: He wrote poems, wrote and directed plays, appeared in films, and created propaganda posters in support of the Communist Party. He was an admirer of Lenin. Later he had numerous confrontations with the Soviet State because of the censorship they lay on all artistic works. After his suicide in 1930 Stalin declared him the best and most talented poet of the Soviet Union.