andrei bely, unlike balmont, was not only simply talented as a poet, but he was a man for whom poetry was his everything, it was his philosophy, it was his religion, it was his form of life, nina petrovskaya wrote about this, that balmont could be divided, balmont was a man, balmont was a poet, they were in in some sense they were absolutely not the same, it was hard to even believe that this egotistical, self-loving narcissist could write such bright, interesting poems. as for the white one, here, as it seems to me, the situation was a little more complicated or maybe, on the contrary, simpler, because the white poet and the white man were much closer to each other. the white one was a very interesting person, but the white one was unusual. if balmont's attitude to the same nina petrovskaya to other women was half, well, roughly speaking, consumerist and it is clear what he wanted from her, then in what concerns andrei bely, he perceived her not just as an admirer, not just as a fan, he in some sense perceived her as his student, as his adept, and here the situation in a certain sens