Konstantinovo is a small picturesque village in the Ryazan region, where the Russian poet Sergei Yesenin was born and lived. When he was gone, in Konstantinovo, to his mother and sisters, those who loved the poetry of Sergei Alexandrovich began to visit. In the guest book of that time, thousands of thoughts accumulated about the need to open the Yesenin Museum in his small homeland. In 1965, it was decided to create a museum-reserve in this house, where they tried to keep everything in the form in which it was during the life of the poet.
In the house-museum you can see how little Seryozha lived. His parents got married in a nearby church, and he himself was baptized right there. The Temple of the Icon of the Kazan Mother of God is itself a historical and architectural monument. In recent years, at the request of local residents, the church of the museum complex has become operational. Having visited the village, an attentive reader of Russian poetry will understand the origins of love for the Russian land. In 1984, a church and several nearby objects were added to the house-museum, among them the Kashina estate. This woman acted as a prototype of the main character of the poem "Anna Snegina", therefore, an exposition was opened in the Kashina estate. It was Kashina and her house with a mezzanine that the poet dedicated his lyrical lines to.
Arriving at the house-museum in Konstantinovo, you can visit the building of the school where the future poet studied. Yesenin went to school quite late - at the age of nine. Everything that is known about the childhood of the great poet will be told here. This school is also surprising in that it is the only Zemstvo school that has been completely reconstructed; there is no other such school in all of Russia.
In the house-museum of Yesenin itself, one can understand how a simple family of a Russian peasant lived at the beginning of the 20th century. Authentic things of that time are demonstrated here: a chest in which Yesenin kept his favorite books, a real Russian stove, a samovar, a commendation from school, an oak table and then fashionable Gabu watches. Near the window is a bed with a patchwork quilt - Sergei slept on it. The whole atmosphere of Yesenin's life is entirely recreated thanks to his sisters. There are many family photos on the walls.
The Yesenin family had very difficult times, once their house burned down, and they had to live in a temporary house in the garden. Now this temporary building is also reconstructed, and you can visit it. The garden is very beautiful, especially during the autumn months, when the trees change their green dress for a brighter and more colorful dress.
In recent years, the exhibition complex in Konstantinovo began to organize exhibitions of artists, souvenirs and books, works of craftsmen of some well-known art workshops. Yesenin's house-museum in Konstantinovo is one of the most revered places in Russia. The reserved place and the house-museum will be of interest to those who love the work of this poet, as well as to everyone interested in the village life of the last century and just lovers of the picturesque Russian nature.
... Yesenin's father and mother plowed the land. Such a peasant fate was assumed by logic and children. But no. They chose a thin soul for the boy up there. Thoughtful and tender. Parents are peasants from the earth and manure, and he sees how “the scarlet color of dawn was woven on the lake” and “lilac weather sprinkled silence with lilac”.
…S. Yesenin Museum-Reserve- "the most valuable monument of history and culture" - struck us. Unpleasant.
…We listened to a little memorized utterly speech of a young guide. An absent gaze and a mechanical presentation of a learned text, repeating word for word a pamphlet I had just bought for 10 rubles. Straight plate with eyes.
The birthplace of Sergei Yesenin is the village of Konstantinovo- located ~ 20 km from Ryazan. From the main road, a huge poster with the image of a poet will not let you miss the turn to the left. The road passes through the town of Rybnoye, where everyone is very praised Museum of Beekeeping from the only (!) research institute in our country that studies honey and bees (Pochtovaya st., 22, 10-16, except Sat. and Sun.). There you will breathe in honey aromas, they will show you beehive church(which was made by a beekeeper from Vyatka), hive-bell tower, honey decks "Tsar", "Queen" and "Princess", In the same place, by the way, you can sign up for beekeeping courses :) or purchase a “collection of seeds of nectariferous plants” :). And also you can try on the clothes of beekeepers and twist the honey extractors, see the beehive from Africa. Sunny yellow building with honeycomb pattern on the wall. Excursions are conducted by the curator of the museum Gorin Alexey Dmitrievich. A rare person who is passionate about honey and bees.
We entered Konstantinovo by touch. At the fork behind Rybny, another Yesenin portrait-poster flashed, indicating the direction, and this ended the limit of landmarks.
Therefore, explanations - at the village you need to turn left, in the village itself - again to the left. Huge car park full of buses and cars left wooden house - Cashier-Souvenirs.
It turned out that need to buy different tickets, upon request to visit - Literary Museum (1), Kashina House (2), Yesenin Family House (3), Zemstvo School (4). It must be said here that we arrived in Konstantinovo on an indescribably hot June day. Coming out of the cool cabin, we immediately got into a red-hot oven. Backpacks instantly stuck to the back, and it was a pity to look at the abandoned car - it was practically smoking under the pressure of solar lava. Therefore, the issue of visiting was resolved quickly - Kashinsky and native homes, school, we can not stand more. Looking ahead, for a comprehensive acquaintance with this iconic place, I will say that it is better, of course, to take tickets to all expositions. The map on the fence helped us navigate the terrain, but here, in principle, you won’t get lost.
But.
The Museum-Reserve of S. Yesenin - "the most valuable monument of history and culture" - amazed us. Unpleasant. Perhaps this is the first of such memorial places that we visited, which missed the spiritual component. Where it goes is not clear.
As soon as we entered the territory, crows cawed thickly and rusty above our heads. There are a bunch of them. And this immediately leaves an unpleasant and uncomfortable feeling. Why not disperse them? After all, this is not a dump (with which there is a direct association), but the Yesenin Museum!
Before the wattle fence - a brisk sale of souvenirs(of which I would leave some paintings, and the rest of the accomplices would be pushed away), behind the wattle fence - a pandemonium of the people.
For some reason, near the house (and against the background of trees with crow's nests) there is a giant iron figure of Yesenin, and in no way resembles him. And the dissonance with nature is terrible. The author of the idea - the sculptor Bichukov installed this work in 2007. The question immediately arises - Why in this place? At the monument there is a queue for photographing yourself "in the background". And yet everyone rushes to hold on to a polished little finger. Something like a dream will come true. There are no comments for this picture. And I don’t think that Yesenin will be offended by me for these words.
There is a traffic jam in the door of a tiny hut. Barely made their way inside. Yes, she is clean, pleasant, peasant - but - not a single explanatory inscription on the wall! Whose room, whose clothes, etc. - there are no explanations at all.
At the same time, heat, closeness, crowded people. Can't control the flow? Falling out of the house went to inspect the barn with a straw roof, near which people are also crowding, And again you think - what was there?
The only thing, I remember and liked the huge poplar at the entrance gate- it is believed that Sergei Alexandrovich himself planted it.
And nearby, on a bench, one young man with a guitar in his hands was selling cds with the performance of songs, incl. and his own, on Yesenin's poems. On the copy we bought, he tremblingly and proudly signed - Alexey Verny.
In the School nearby (also a recreated building) the same story.
House of Kashina (finally original!), literally passable. Because again, nowhere, even on the photographs on the wall!, there are no explanatory captions. Again they create an inferiority complex in single tourists. Either guess xy from xy, or take a tour. Therefore, sliding your eyes over the chairs and furniture, you quickly pass all the small number of small rooms (the second floor is closed). By the way, we listened to a little memorized utterly speech of a young guide. An absent gaze and a mechanical presentation of the learned text, repeating word for word a brochure that I just bought for 10 rubles .. Just a plate with eyes.
For the sake of what it is worth to come to Yesenin, this is a view of the "Ryazan expanse", which once overshadowed the Persian Shiraz ( http://www.museum-esenin.ru/web.gallery/, cm. "Landscapes of the village Konstantinovo"). The observation deck is located immediately behind the Literary Museum. A great, simply beautiful place opens up to the eyes. Krutoyar, Oka, sky, distance. A lunar landscape. I have never seen hills lying on the ground so bizarrely - literally frozen waves. Greens. Somewhere far away, far away, a huge herd of cows was picturesquely colorful in a far, far away meadow. This is where the feeling of belonging with Yesenin's thoughts definitely covers you. Under this sky he stood, looked into this vast distance, walked along these velvet mounds.
Just think about it.
Father- Alexander Yesenin, mother Tatiana. Their marriage was concluded not for love. She will give birth to 14 children, four of whom will survive. Sergusha, her second child(1895) from this second marriage. Katya and Shurochka will be born in 10 and 16 years. Peasants. The land was plowed. Such a peasant fate was assumed by logic and children. But no. They chose a thin soul for the boy up there. Thoughtful and tender. Parents are peasants from the earth and manure, and he sees how “the scarlet color of dawn was woven on the lake” and “lilac weather sprinkled silence with lilac”. Yesenin lived greedily and flowery. Golden head. Hair - "taken from rye" - dark blond with a bright golden tint. Eyes - like forget-me-nots, blue turquoise. He loved many women, but he only loved everyone - "by the way, at the same time with others on earth." And really only one - Rus', Ryazan - their native land.
Between the landowner-neighbor Lydia Kashina(to her 30
) and Yesenin (to him 21
) had a romantic feeling. Poem "Green hairstyle - girlish breasts" dedicated among several more to her.
Lydia Ivanovna Kashina has a strange path in life.
Born in 1886. Millionaire's daughter Ivan Kulakov, who amassed capital on tenement houses in Moscow. In 1904 ( 18 years) - graduated from the Alexander Institute for Noble Maidens with honors. In 1905 ( 19 years) married teacher Nikolai Kashin. They have two children - Yura and Nina. In 1911 ( 25 years) receives a huge inheritance from his father. Now she is not just a lady, but a millionaire. An affair with Yesenin happens in 1916 ( 30 years) - “I don’t wait, I don’t pray, I don’t curse, and I don’t lie to a poor heart. But I can't forget the sweetness of her kiss, I can't"…. In 1917 - the Revolution takes away her estate. 1919 - she already works as a "clerk-clerk" in the Communications Department of the Red Army. In 1920 - a typist at the publishing house of the newspaper Trud. In 1923 (37 years old) - met with Yesenin in Moscow. Here it is described by Nadezhda Volpin: “Undoubtedly, a provincial. In general appearance - a rural teacher. Dull blond hair is pulled down on the forehead and ears. The face is slightly cheeky, strong-willed. Aquiline nose, but purely Slavic. In 1937 ( 51 years old) wanted to go to the Caucasus to treat her health with “the money she earned for the first time”, but ... her path on earth stops.
She gave a piece of her femininity and fate to the heroine of the poem "Anna Snegina". And although the image of the main character in it is collective, her house is now called the "Museum of the poem" Anna Snegina ".
There is a lot of literature about Yesenin. I liked memoirs of Nadezhda Volpin"Date with a friend" One of the best sites about the poet: esenin.niv.ru - there is a lot of information here. Among others, here is a curious author and his thoughts - V.Sorokin, "Farewell to Myths". Here is the official website of the museum in Konstantinovo - museum-esenin.ru. It would be good to print the materials in the "Exposition" section if you are going here. Then do not repeat our deficit-information experience. I bought a few books in the store where the museum cash desks are located. Ryazan. Monument to Yesenin and cafe "Stall of Pegasus"
In 2015, Russia and the whole world celebrated the 120th anniversary of the birth of one of the most lyrical, deeply national poets of Russia, Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin.
The poet was born October 3 (new style), 1895in the village of Konstantinovo, Rybnovsky district, Ryazan region. Currently located hereState Museum-Reserve S.A. Yesenin, which is one of the largest museum complexes in the country. For many years, thousands of people have been coming to Konstantinovo to feel the spirit of Yesenin's poetry, to bow to the memory of the great genius.
Museum of S.A. Yesenin is a historically established complex of memorial buildings, including the estate of the parents, the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, the chapel in honor of the Holy Spirit, the house of the priest I.Ya. Smirnov, Konstantinovskaya zemstvo school, the estate of the last landowner of the village Konstantinov L.I. Kashina, Spas-Klepikovskaya second-class teacher's school in the Klepikovskaya department of the museum.
Undoubtedly, the most important component of the museum complex is the unique nature, which forced the poet to "spill his whole soul into words." The village of Konstantinovo is located on the high bank of the Oka. Below is a river, beyond which magnificent floodplain meadows stretch. Only having been here, you are convinced how closely the poetry of S.A. Yesenin with his native village, because it is the Ryazan expanses that are the very “country of birch calico”, “Yesenin's Rus'”.
The heart of the museum is the Yesenin's parental estate, where the atmosphere of everyday life of the time when the poet came to his home was recreated. Near the house there is a wooden zemstvo elementary school restored for the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth, which Sergey graduated with a certificate of merit. The exposition created there tells about the role of zemstvo schools in the education and upbringing of peasant children. The memorial class exhibits a slate board used by Sergei Yesenin, photographs of his first teachers, and textbooks.
The decoration of the village is the Kazan Church - an architectural monument of the 18th century. In it "the servant of God, the named son Sergius" was baptized. Priest I.Ya. Smirnov contributed to the admission of 12-year-old Sergei to the Spas-Klepikovskaya school, where a department of the museum-reserve is now open.
The manor house of L. I. Kashina in 1995, after restoration work, appeared in a new capacity as a museum of the poem "Anna Snegina". The cozy atmosphere of the house takes visitors back to the time when the poet was in it. In the exposition you can see interesting memorial things, numerous photographs donated to the museum by Yu.N. Kashin - the son of L.I. Kashina.
The literary museum presents unique exhibits: lifetime editions of the poet and his contemporaries, the book "Radunitsa" with the author's first autograph, the table at which S.A. Yesenin in the Caucasus, a copy of his death mask, personal belongings...
The museum exposition at the Spas-Klepikovskaya school, which Sergey graduated from in 1912, tells, in particular, about the high humanistic traditions of Russian teachers, about the search for the spiritual path of youth, about the formation of the creative personality of the future poet.
One of the most visited tourist sites in Russia is the native village of the great Russian poet S.A. Yesenin - Konstantinovo in the Rybnovsky district of the Ryazan region. A museum has been operating here for a long time and tourist groups come in any weather, but Konstantinovo is especially crowded during poetry festivals and on October 3, when Yesenin's birthday is celebrated. Famous artists often come to such events, a frequent guest here is Sergei Bezrukov, who played Yesenin in the film of the same name. But even those who are far from Yesenin's poetry are attracted to Konstantinovo by stunning Russian landscapes: magnificent views of flood meadows and the steep bank of the Oka.
I have long dreamed of getting to Konstantinovo in the summer or early autumn, when it is especially beautiful here. So far, however, all my trips here have been in snowy weather. This time winter came so early that already in October blizzards broke and everything was covered with snow. I went on a trip on a tourist bus with a group, so I didn’t worry about all the organizational issues. It takes about three hours to drive only one way to Konstantinovo from Moscow, but it's worth it. We departed from the Marxistskaya metro station as early as 7-30 in the morning. The group mainly consisted of older and elderly women - apparently, mostly young people either go to Konstantinovo on their own, or are not at all interested in this direction. Although, I think the second is still unlikely.
How to get to Konstantinovo on your own:
You can get from Moscow by train (express) from the Kazansky railway station, or by train Moscow-Ryazan, you need to go to Rybnaya station. From this station you need to transfer to a bus or minibus number 132. You can also get to Ryazan by bus number 960 from the Kotelniki bus station.
You can also get to Konstantinovo from Ryazan by minibus.
Konstantinovo. Ryazan Oblast
Our road to Konstantinovo surprisingly did without traffic jams. The guide, a retired military man, told us about Yesenin's life, then showed us a documentary. I was surprised to learn new facts from the life of the poet: it turns out that his mother was twelve years older than his father, soon after the birth of Sergei Alexandrovich, she left her husband, and the future poet was brought up by his maternal grandparents. They sent their mother to Ryazan to work. Then she nevertheless returned to the family, since Sergei Yesenin had two more younger sisters. Listening to interesting stories from the life of the poet, we drove up to Konstantinovo.
We left the bus in the parking lot, waited for the guides and split into two groups. The tour was conducted by a very young girl, about twenty years old. First we were taken to the Literary Museum. Now Konstantinovo is a whole museum complex, consisting of several buildings. Even some peasant houses were recreated. Immediately near the parking lot, we see the houses of the Dorozhkins and the Minakovs.
Dorozhkin and Minakov houses
Behind them is the restaurant "Russian Story" I remember it on my first trip to Konstantinovo. In the Literary Museum we were once again told about Yesenin's life. In total, we listened to his biography for the third time in one trip. But this time among the exhibits of the museum. We were shown photos of his relatives, the interior of a Russian peasant hut, a model of the village as it was at the end of the 19th century, the interior of the elementary school in Konstantinovo, where Sergei Alexandrovich studied.
Literary Museum in Konstantinovo
Literary Museum in Konstantinovo
A fairly well-known photograph hangs on the wall, in which a very young Yesenin is with fellow villagers. His character was always very cheerful and noisy, he liked to joke. For example, in this photo, Yesenin stood on a stone to appear taller than the rest.
Literary Museum in Konstantinovo
Literary Museum in Konstantinovo
Literary Museum in Konstantinovo
Then there are exhibits dedicated to the First World War and Yesenin's service.
Literary Museum in Konstantinovo
In the next room we see furniture from the Moscow apartment of Isadora Duncan, photographs and letters from that period.
Literary Museum in Konstantinovo
We were told very briefly about Sergei Alexandrovich's attitude towards the Bolsheviks, about his last days and mysterious death.
Literary Museum in Konstantinovo
There is still debate about whether Yesenin committed suicide or was killed. Photos from the funeral speak more for the second version.
Then we went to Yesenin's parents' house. We went through the restored zemstvo school, where the poet began his studies, the house of the landowner L. Kashina.
Yesenin's parents' house
Zemstvo school
Zemstvo school
House of S. Yesenin's parents in Konstantinovo
In the center of the village, opposite the Kazan Church, there is the Yesenin's estate.
Yesenin's estate
This is a small wooden house and a standard plot with outbuildings. Even Yesenin's grandfather built a house on this site, which was rebuilt in 1909, and then in 1922 after a big fire. There is a monument to the poet in the courtyard, and near the fence we see a poplar planted by Yesenin shortly before his death.
Konstantinovo. Poplar
We go into the hut. First comes the unheated part - the canopy.
Konstantinovo. manor
Here we see various household equipment and household utensils. We go further. In front of us is a small kitchen with a Russian stove.
Konstantinovo. manor
The windows of this room face east. Yesenin's mother woke up the very first to prepare breakfast, and the sun was already illuminating her workplace. In the room opposite is a Dutch oven, next to it is a bed on which the poet slept when he came to visit his relatives. Then we pass into the upper room, which is the largest room in the hut. However, there is still not enough space for our large group. We see in the corner of the icon, on the wall, Yesenin's commendation sheet, which he received at the end of elementary school.
Konstantinovo. manor
His father hung this insignia on the wall and was very proud of his son's success. We also see a very tiny room of the poet's mother. Then we go out into the garden. A makeshift hut was restored here, in which Yesenin's relatives lived after the fire of 1922.
Hut-temporary hut
Slightly to the side is an old barn.
Old Barn.
They say that this is the only building that has survived from the old manor. During his summer visits to Konstantinovo, Yesenin often retired here and wrote poetry. At the end of the site we see the old barn and go out along the alley to the monument to the poet.
Monument to S. Yesenin
Opposite the restored Kazan temple, which practically merges with the white sky and snow. It's all white and white all around.
Kazan temple
The priest's house was reconstructed next to the church. While our group headed for the landowner's house, I quickly drove to the chapel by the river and took a couple of shots of the banks of the Oka.
Konstantinovo
Konstantinovo
Then she ran down the alley to catch up with the others. I made it just in time - everyone went down to the basement of the manor house and put on shoe covers.
Museum of the poem "Anna Snegina" (or the Estate of Lidia Kashina)
The house belonged to the local landowner Lidia Ivanovna Kashina, who, despite the difference in age and social status, was a close friend of Yesenin, perhaps for some time they were connected by a romantic relationship. She inherited the estate in Konstantinovo from her father, the wealthy merchant Ivan Kulakov.
Having bought the second part of the estate from her brother, she came here every year for the summer period, and sometimes for Christmas with her children.
Yesenin, after meeting the lady, dedicated poetry to her, Kashina is considered the prototype of Anna Snegina. After the revolution, Sergei Alexandrovich saved the master's house from ruin, when the peasants wanted to destroy everything that was left of the landowners. Now the manor house is being gradually restored, we examined several rooms on the first and second floors.
Konstantinovo. manor house
We started our inspection of the house from the basement for the servants. Here they did business and lived.
Konstantinovo. manor house
Upstairs, they went up to the landowners only on service - it was just impossible to walk in the master's premises.
And here are the rooms that belonged to the owners.
manor house
manor house
manor house
From the balcony of the house there were stunning views of the garden and the Oka.
Views from the balcony
Apple trees grew in the ravine in front of the house, and a pond was built. Now this ravine is heavily overgrown.
But the area around the house is just as beautiful.
The area around the mansion
We walked to the observation deck on the banks of the Oka.
observation deck
A descent to the river is equipped here, but in cold weather I didn’t really want to go to it. Near the summer scene and a portrait of Yesenin.
Konstantinovo
We had practically no time for an independent walk, so we hurried to the bus. The next point of our excursion program was the monastery in Poshchupovo. That's where we went.
Monastery in Poshchupovo
The monastery is located very close to Konstantinovo, little Yesenin also visited here with his grandmother, who went on a pilgrimage. John the Theologian Monastery is very ancient, it was founded around the XII-XIII centuries. missionary monks who came to these parts to spread Christianity. They brought with them an icon of St. John the Theologian, painted in the 6th century, which became the main shrine of the monastery. They say that even Khan Batu, when in 1237, after the ruin of Ryazan, moved to Kolomna, did not dare to touch the monastery, as he was afraid of an Orthodox saint who appeared to him. Although later the Tatars and other enemies destroyed and plundered the monastery more than once, it was restored again. We parked near the entrance and headed inside past a small local market. The gates of the monastery are unusually beautiful, even on such a gloomy day we were struck by their rich decoration.
John the Theologian Monastery
It can be seen for many kilometers in the district, it serves as the main landmark on the ground. Nearby is the chapel of the Iberian Icon of the Mother of God, preserved from the 17th century. We walk along the ancient fence to the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. After visiting the temple, we were taken to the lower temple-tomb. Here we were shown the gravestone of the abbot, who did a lot to restore the monastery in our time. Near the door on the shelves are bones and skulls, which were collected after the destruction of the monastery necropolis by the Bolsheviks.
John the Theologian Monastery
On one of the walls we see an image of the royal family of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II.
We really liked the neat house of the rector.
abbot's house
We did not manage to visit the Second Assumption Cathedral with a faience iconostasis, as some kind of accident occurred there, so we immediately went to the Holy Spring.
poshchupovo
To do this, they went down the stairs behind the monastery fence, crossed a small pond. From here there are very picturesque views of the monastery.
poshchupovo
We approach the source, which, as they say, cures various diseases in especially believers. A temple and a chapel with a font were built nearby, in which you can plunge into at any time of the year.
poshchupovo
After visiting the monastery, we had lunch in the regional center Rybnoe. It was organized at the Golden Horseshoe restaurant near the railway station. A very good restaurant and decent lunch. For 350 rubles we got a salad, borscht, second course and pies with tea. We returned home inspired by a busy day. But although the tour was organized, in principle, quite well, now I want to definitely visit Konstantinovo on my own and in the warm season.
Where to stay near Konstantinovo
If you are going to Konstantinovo, you may be interested in places to stay in Yesenin's homeland. All places are within reach of 15-20 minutes drive to Konstantinovo.
Beloved edge! Dreaming of the heart
Stacks of the sun in the waters of the womb.
I would like to get lost
In the greens of your bells.
On October 3 (according to the new style), 1895, in the village of Konstantinovo, Ryazan province, a son, Sergei, was born in the family of a peasant Alexander Nikitich Yesenin. This event was accompanied by the bell ringing of the surrounding churches and wide folk festivals - Ryazan celebrated its 800th anniversary. The city did not suspect that the noisy baby in a hundred years would become one of the most important.
The mother of the future golden-headed hooligan poet was distinguished not only by her beauty, but also by her proud disposition: this marriage was her second. Her firstborn, born of a beloved man, died shortly after her relatives remarried the obstinate Tatyana by force. Family life did not work out, Tatyana left the three-year-old Seryozha to her elderly parents and went to Ryazan to work. Grandfather and grandmother entertained the baby as best they could: they read church books to him, sang songs, recited poems and ditties. Then Sergei Yesenin will say that it was his grandmother who influenced his soul and taught him how to display the beauty of the world in poetry.
There was plenty of beauty around - the village of Konstantinovo is located in a picturesque place on the right bank of the mighty Oka River. This is not just a village in the province, but a village with an ancient history - the first mentions date back to the beginning of the 17th century. At the end of the 19th century, there was a zemstvo school and a white church with an oak iconostasis in Konstantinovo. Serezha Yesenin graduated from the Konstantinovsky School with honors. He decided to continue further education in Spas-Klepiki (a nearby town). Already in 1912, the aspiring poet came to Moscow with his father. You will read about what Yesenin's life in the capital was like.
The first success came to Sergei with the release of the collection "Radunitsa" in 1916. Thus began a new life full of joy, love, ups and downs. By this time, the young golden-haired poet had moved to Petrograd. Soon he became a popular guest of all poetic drawing rooms - his appearance in morocco boots, a blue silk shirt, belted with gold lace, caused a frantic delight of the public. Yesenin lived with friends, rented cheap rooms for a day in St. Petersburg and visited the famous poetic art basement. At first, the poet rarely came to his native village, but meetings with familiar expanses became more frequent in the last years of his life.
Ah, my fields, dear furrows,
You are good in your sorrow!
I love these sickly huts
Waiting for gray-haired mothers.
In 1965, the State Museum-Reserve of Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin was opened in the village of Konstantinovo, Ryazan Region. The museum complex consists of a peasant estate of the Yesenin family; the estate of the first love of the poet L. I. Kashina, sung in the poem "Anna Snegina"; Literary Museum; Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God; the buildings of the former teacher's school in Spas-Klepiki and, of course, the amazing, almost lunar, landscapes of the surroundings. You can see them from the observation deck, which is located immediately behind the Literary Museum.
The estate of the Yesenin family is the first place where tourists who specially rent are sure to go. This is a typical log peasant house from the late 19th century. True, restored - the original burned down in 1922. The internal exposition most accurately reflects the environment in which the poet grew up. A huge poplar grows in front of the house, planted by the hands of Sergei Yesenin himself in 1924. At least that's what the plaque says. However, this may well be a legend, like these.
The neighboring estate, which before the revolution belonged to the millionaire landowner Lidia Ivanovna Kashina, today "lodges" the museum of the poem "Anna Snegina." Lidia Ivanovna played a significant role in the life of 17-year-old Serezha Yesenin. She is a wealthy landowner who inherited millions from her father. He is a peasant son. She is only 30, he is only 17.
Their paths diverged, the Soviet government turned the landowner into an ordinary secretary. However, the subtle image of this bright woman forever remained in the memory of the poet. For a long time, completely foreign organizations were housed in the former estate of the landowner, only in 1995 it was decided to place a literary exposition dedicated to the poem "Anna Snegina" within these walls. Original documents and personal photographs of L. I. Kashina were used in the design of the exhibition.
Not far from the Yesenins' house, you can see the Zemstvo school, where Sergei Alexandrovich studied for five years. The school exposition tells not only about the poet's childhood goals, but also about the education system in the countryside at that time. You should definitely look at the ancient church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. This is a classic rural temple with elements of an unusual "Golitsyn baroque".
Oh Rus', crimson field
And the blue that fell into the river
I love to joy, to pain
Your lake longing.
