Although he was one of Russia's most popular poets and had been given an elaborate state funeral, some of his writings were banned by the Kremlin during the reigns of Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.
Selvom han var en af Ruslands mest populære digtere og havde fået en stor statslig begravelse, blev de fleste af hans digte forbudt af Kreml under Josef Stalins og Nikita Khrusjtjovs styre.