"Genrikh" is Ivan Bunin's story chronicling the journey and emotional turmoil of the poet Glebov, who travels from Moscow to Nice, eagerly anticipating a reunion with his sharp, complex friend and lover, Elena Genrikhovna, who goes by the male pseudonym Genrikh. The narrative captures the atmosphere of romantic longing and the deceptive warmth of the international train where Glebov and Genrikh meet. Despite their intense connection, Genrikh is intent on a detour to Vienna to end a previous affair, asserting her financial and emotional independence. The story reaches a dramatic, fatalistic climax when Glebov, waiting in Nice, reads a newspaper report detailing the murder of the Russian journalist working under the pseudonym Genrikh, who was shot by an Austrian writer in a Viennese restaurant.