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Emigrant poet Arseny Nesmelov’s book «Without Russia» was published in the capital of Chinese East Railway (CER) — Harbin — in 1931. CER is situated in the North-East of China (Manchuria). The leading poet of «Russian Harbin» was A. Nesmelov. His book tells about the life of Russian emigrants after departure. It includes ballad poems, Gumilyov’s poetics oriented ones, and the ones following akmeistic and futuristic traditions («The Ballad of a Dragon», «The Ballad of Daurian Baron»). The article is concerned on the motives and imagery of the book «Without Russia»: nostalgia, the events of the Civil War, the destinies of its participants. The images of the officers, that took part in the battles of the war, depict their life in the Chinese emigration («Leonid Yeshchin»). Finally we can conclude that A.I. Nesmelov’s poetic book «Without Russia» (1931) corresponds its title completely, reflecting its motives and imagery (nostalgia, poetry creation, heroic destiny of the poet’s contemporaries).