Museum-reserve S.A. Yesenina

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 Aleksandrovich Yesenin.

A poet was born October 3 (new style) 1895in the village of Konstantinovo, Rybnovsky district, Ryazan region. Currently located hereState Museum-Reserve S.A. Yesenina, which is one of the largest museum complexes in the country. For many years now, thousands of people have been coming to Konstantinovo to feel the spirit of Yesenin’s poetry and bow to the memory of the great genius.

Museum S.A. Yesenin is a historically established complex of memorial buildings, including the estate of his parents, the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, a chapel in honor of the Holy Spirit, the house of priest I.Ya. Smirnova, Konstantinovsky Zemstvo School, the estate of the last landowner of the village Konstantinov L.I. Kashina, Spas-Klepikovsky second-grade teacher’s school in the Klepikovsky department of the museum.

Undoubtedly, the most important component of the museum complex is the unique nature, which forced the poet to “pour out his whole soul into words.” The village of Konstantinovo is located on the high bank of the Oka. Below is a river, beyond which stretch magnificent floodplain meadows. Only after being here, you become convinced how closely the poetry of S.A. is connected. Yesenin with his native village, because it is the Ryazan expanses that are the very “country of birch chintz”, “Yesenin’s Rus'”.

The heart of the museum is the Yesenins’ parental estate, where the atmosphere of everyday life of the time when the poet came to his home was recreated. Next to the house there is a wooden zemstvo elementary school, restored for the 100th anniversary of the poet’s birth, from which Sergei graduated with a certificate of merit. The exhibition created there talks about the role of zemstvo schools in the education and upbringing of peasant children. The memorial classroom displays a slate tablet 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. “The servant of God, the named son Sergius” was baptized in it. 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.

In 1995, after restoration work, the estate house of L. I. Kashina appeared in a new capacity as a museum of the poem “Anna Snegina”. The cozy atmosphere of the house transports visitors to the time when the poet visited it. In the exhibition you can see interesting memorial items, numerous photographs donated to the museum by Yu.N. Kashin - son of L.I. Kashina.

The literary museum displays 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. worked. Yesenin in the Caucasus, a copy of his death mask, personal belongings...

The museum exhibition at the Spas-Klepikovskaya school, from which Sergei graduated in 1912, tells, in particular, about the high humanistic traditions of Russian teaching, about the search for the spiritual path of youth, about the formation of the creative personality of the future poet.

Every year various festivals, concerts, and exhibitions are held in Konstantinov. Especially many guests come to the All-Russian holiday of Yesenin’s poetry, dedicated to the birthday of S.A. Yesenina. The holiday takes place in early October in the poet’s homeland. Fans and connoisseurs of Yesenin’s poetry come here from different parts of Russia. Here are poems and songs based on the words of the great poet.

Visiting museum exhibitions: from 10:00 to 18:00
from April to October: daily - parents’ house, zemstvo school, priest’s house; Anna Snegina Poem Museum, Literary Museum
from November to March - closed Monday
sanitary day - the last Thursday of every month
Tickets are sold at the box office from 10:00 to 17:10
Address: Ryazan region, Rybnovsky district, village. Konstantinovo
Tel.: 89105666497, (49137) 3-32-57 (excursion department), 8(4912)51-18-96 (directorate)
Email:[email protected]
Official site: http://www.museum-esenin.ru/

How to get there:

From Moscow:

From the Kazansky railway station by the branded train "Express" Moscow-Ryazan or el. by train Moscow-Ryazan to the station. Rybnoye, then by bus or minibus (No. 132).

From the Vykhino bus station by bus to Ryazan (No. 960).

Those who want to get there on their own can use the Google map.

From Ryazan:

From the bus station "Central" to the village. Konstantinovo

Ryazan - Rybnoye - Konstantinovo - Vakino - 6:10; 9:40; 13:40; 18:35 (daily)