Sergey Esenin

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Sergey Esenin

Village of Konstantinovo - Leningrad, the USSR

Sergei Alexandrovich Esenin, (3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1895 – 28 December 1925) was a Russian lyric poet. He was one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. He is especially known for lyrical evocations of and nostalgia for the village life of his childhood. He was born in the village of Konstantinovo in Ryazan County, Ryazan Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Rybnovsky District, Ryazan Oblast) into a peasant family. Read more about him on Wikipedia.

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