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The article deals with the history of acquaintance and the nature of the relationship between I.V. Severyanin (1887–1941) and I.V. Ignatiev (1892–1914). Being only fi ve years older, Severyanin ironically called Ignatiev “grandmother’s grandson,” and the “offi cial” “Petersburg Herald” published by him — “the newspaper of the child.” In turn, Ignatiev, who replaced Severyanin at the head of a group of ego-futurists, considered only his ego-futurism to be genuine, arguing: “egofuturism as egofuturism arises only on the ‘grave’ of the Severyanin futurist.” The article gives new materials, in particular, letters from I. Severyanin from the personal archive of Vadim Bayan (V.I. Sidorov, 1880–1966). Thе new documentary evidence clarifi es some important events from the literary life of the 1910s, fi rst of all, the circumstances of the preparation of the First Olympiad of Russian Futurism in January 1914 in the Crimea.