In this article one of the forgotten reviews of Velimir Khlebnikov’s production of Zangezi performed by Vladimir Tatlin in 1923 is considered. The review belongs to the philologist Boris Kazansky, ...who was attached to OPOYAZ (Society for the Study of Poetic Language). The text of this review is republished for the first time and accompanied by a detailed commentary. Some occultist parallels to Khlebnikov’s prognostic publications are indicated.