The West (Russian: Запад) is a ten-poem-cycle by Vladimir Mayakovsky written in 1922-1924 after his extensive foreign tour which included visits to Latvia, Italy, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
It was followed in 1925 by an eight-poem cycle Paris (Париж), inspired by the impressions from his visit to France.
Five of his French poems first appeared in Parizhsky Vestnik, a short-lived (1925–1926) newspaper which was based in Paris, sub-titled Messager russe de Paris and supported by the Soviet Embassy in the city.
These impressions inspired eight poems written from late 1924 to early 1925.
On his way to the USA, in May of that year, he came to the offices of Parizhsky Vestnik and left there five poems with the permission to publish them.