Każda droga ma kres (tragiczna przystań reemigrantki Mariny Cwietajewej w Jełabudze w świetle Dzienników Gieorgija Efrona)

This paper presents the last few days in the life of Marina Tsvetaeva spent in Yelabuga, which eventually led the writer to commit suicide. The notes included in the diary of her son, Georgy Efron, are an important and original source of knowledge on Tsvetaeva’s mental and physical state. The 16-year-old boy’s reaction to the death of his mother may come as a surprise if a broader social and biographical context (a migrant and remigrant biography of the poetess and her teenage son as well as the reality of the Stalinist country, where – contrary to the assurances made by the propaganda – there was no safe haven for people returning from post-Revolution exile) is not taken into consideration.