Sergey Yesenin. Museum in Konstantinovo.
After the death of the great Russian poet Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin, a museum dedicated to his memory was opened in his home, in the village of Konstantinovo.
Opening of the reading hut
The poet’s mother approached the secretary of the Ryazan regional committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) with a request to open a museum in memory of Sergei Yesenin. Having considered her request, it was decided to acquire state ownership of the house in which Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin was born and lived.
The museum in Konstantinovo was organized shortly after the poet’s death in 1926 in the form of a hut-reading room. The poet’s sister provided assistance in maintaining and organizing the exhibition dedicated to the poet. The Union of Soviet Writers took over the patronage of the hut-reading room. He also pledged to provide the museum with literature and necessary materials. A little later, a rural library was organized in Sergei Yesenin’s parental home, which became incredibly popular.
In order to look at how the great Russian poet lived, where he was born, you need to visit the Yesenin Museum-Reserve. became famous thanks to him. For example, in the summer of 1964, more than ten thousand tourists visited here.
Museum opening
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the poet’s birth, it was decided to organize a memorial museum in Konstantinovo. Initially, it was a branch of the Ryazan Museum of Local Lore, which helped everyone who wanted to touch the fate of the poet and better understand his work.
The Yesenin estate is located in the very center of the village. This low house is the heart of the museum-reserve. Everything in it now is the same as it was then, when Yesenin lived there.
The museum in Konstantinovo is decorated with a wooden bed with a patchwork blanket by the window, a chest with books from favorite writers, a mother’s fur coat on a hanger, family photographs and a certificate of merit for academic success and excellent behavior are placed on the walls.
There is a garden adjacent to the Yesenins' house. It contains a temporary hut in which the Yesenins were forced to live after the fire.
Sergei Yesenin's sisters provided a lot of valuable information about the life of the family, providing invaluable assistance to the museum. It was impossible to organize it without the help of a huge number of people who, bit by bit, collected everything connected with their beloved poet, as the first director of the museum, V.I. Astakhov, says.
Not far from the memorial museum there is a two-story mansion of the Kashins, where Yesenin loved to visit during his lifetime. Since 1969, it has housed a literary museum in memory of the poet. Its value is the poet's manuscripts, books and documents.
"Yeseninskaya Rus"
A lot of work was done in 2015. The building and surrounding areas have been restored. The work was carried out on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the museum and the 120th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Yesenin.
The museum in Konstantinovo was at the center of celebrations dedicated to the memory of the great Russian poet.
The place where Sergei Yesenin lived, the museum in Konstantinovo, and the village itself are now objects of cultural heritage. There are special requirements for the renovation of buildings in this village. After all, on the one hand, this is a modern settlement, on the other, the homeland of the poet Sergei Yesenin, which he never tired of singing in his poems.
How to get there?
Where is the village of Konstantinovo, the Yesenin Museum? How to get to historical places? These questions concern many who want to become closer to the poet. From Moscow from the Kazansky station you can take a train to the station. Rybnoye, and from there by bus to Ryazan. From the Ryazan bus station, a bus runs several times a day to the village of Konstantinovo.