The "prodigal son" of Russian poetry, whose self-destructive life style and peasant origins marked his work throughout his relatively short career. Esenin died at the age of 30, tired of life and tired of poetry. His suicide in Leningrad triggered a wave of imitative suicides. Esenin became a myth and legend, and he is still one of the most beloved poets in his country. Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (also transliterated Sergey Yesenin) was born in Konstantinovo (now Yesenino), into a peasant family of Old Believers, who were in Russia considered religious dissidents. Esenin was raised by his maternal grandparents. Already in his childhood, he started to compose verse. From 1904 to 1909, he attended the village school, and then the Spas-Klepiki church boarding school. During this period he started to write poetry seriously. Upon the advice of his teacher, he moved to Moscow to pursue his writing career. Esenin worked for a year in Sytin's printing house. He joined a group of peasant and proletarian poets, the "Surikov" circle, and occasionally he also attended lectures at Shaniavskii University. In 1913-15 he lived with Anna Izriadnova; they had one son. In 1917 he married Zinaida Raikh; they had one daughter and one son. Esenin's first verse was published in the Moscow journal Mirok in 1914. He moved in 1915 to Petrograd, where he began to achieve fame in the literary salons. Among his acquaintances were Aleksandr Blok, Sergei Gorodetskii
In accordance with the Order № 190, signed on 1 March 2002, the Minister of internal Affairs of the Russian Federation B. Gryzlov, on October 3, a Day of OMON (Russian: Отряд мобильный особого назначения; Otryad Mobilinii Osobovo Naznacheniya, Special Purpose Mobile Unit). OMON is a generic name for the system of special units of Politsiya (police) within the Russian and earlier the Soviet MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs).
This day is a very important date for me, because I have a name day this day - the 3rd of October. I'm happy to have a name day when such legend of Russian literature - Sergei Yesenin was born. This summer I've visited Saint-Petersburg where S. Yesenin was killed. I've seen that building where he lived before death and the interesting fact is that there aren't balconies in the building. So the administration of the building, which is the hotel, decided to make a balcony for the famous poet, because he was their established client.
The "prodigal son" of Russian poetry, whose self-destructive life style and peasant origins marked his work throughout his relatively short career. Esenin died at the age of 30, tired of life and tired of poetry. His suicide in Leningrad triggered a wave of imitative suicides. Esenin became a myth and legend, and he is still one of the most beloved poets in his country.
ReplyDeleteSergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (also transliterated Sergey Yesenin) was born in Konstantinovo (now Yesenino), into a peasant family of Old Believers, who were in Russia considered religious dissidents. Esenin was raised by his maternal grandparents. Already in his childhood, he started to compose verse. From 1904 to 1909, he attended the village school, and then the Spas-Klepiki church boarding school. During this period he started to write poetry seriously. Upon the advice of his teacher, he moved to Moscow to pursue his writing career. Esenin worked for a year in Sytin's printing house. He joined a group of peasant and proletarian poets, the "Surikov" circle, and occasionally he also attended lectures at Shaniavskii University. In 1913-15 he lived with Anna Izriadnova; they had one son. In 1917 he married Zinaida Raikh; they had one daughter and one son. Esenin's first verse was published in the Moscow journal Mirok in 1914. He moved in 1915 to Petrograd, where he began to achieve fame in the literary salons. Among his acquaintances were Aleksandr Blok, Sergei Gorodetskii
In accordance with the Order № 190, signed on 1 March 2002, the Minister of internal Affairs of the Russian Federation B. Gryzlov, on October 3, a Day of OMON (Russian: Отряд мобильный особого назначения; Otryad Mobilinii Osobovo Naznacheniya, Special Purpose Mobile Unit). OMON is a generic name for the system of special units of Politsiya (police) within the Russian and earlier the Soviet MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs).
ReplyDeleteThis day is a very important date for me, because I have a name day this day - the 3rd of October. I'm happy to have a name day when such legend of Russian literature - Sergei Yesenin was born. This summer I've visited Saint-Petersburg where S. Yesenin was killed. I've seen that building where he lived before death and the interesting fact is that there aren't balconies in the building. So the administration of the building, which is the hotel, decided to make a balcony for the famous poet, because he was their established client.
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