Mysterious death of Russian poet Sergei Esenin

On the night of the 27th and the 28th of December 1925, the famous Russian poet Sergei Esenin strangled himself at the Angleter Hotel in Leningrad. The sudden and mysterious departure of the poet at the age of 30, when his creative talent is at its fullest, so far, after 86 years is still the subject of endless debates about the cause. causing the tragic death of one of Russia's most brilliant poetic geniuses. Different opinions all focus on two kinds of hypotheses: Esenin committed suicide or murder?

The complex and contradictory personality of the poet

It can be said from the first poems, Esenin has shown his passion for nature and rural life in Russia. It is no coincidence that poet E. Evtushenko considered Esenin the poet 'most profoundly Russian'. However, in Esenin's poem still looming sadness reminiscent of the past, anxiety for the pure rural lifestyle is losing after many social upheavals. When frustrated, he fell into another extreme mistake when the notion that the future society would be a kingdom of mechanical engineering, production tools, would overwhelm the subtleties of my soul. people, thereby leading to a depressed mood. That was Esenin's greatest crisis. Poets are indulging in a romantic, unruly, and bland way of life, always feeling lonely and falling into a state of severe depression. He had moments when he could not control himself, had smashed his cup, furniture, he tried to jump out of the window, used to take a piece of glass cut arteries, used to take the abdominal scalpel, once located right on the railway . .

From those unrestrained and reckless actions, to the suicide hangs - the distance is only narrow.

The funeral of poet Sergei Esenin.

Tragedy in love makes the poet come to death

Endowed with an excellent talent and pure Russian beauty, Esenin enjoyed the special favor of women. Among the love that women give to the provincial poet dug up the capital of Moscow, he must first mention the love affair between Esenin and the famous American dancer Duncan Isadora.

In the summer of 1921, Duncan Isadora went to Russia at the invitation of the Soviet Government to open a dance school for children. During a reception held to celebrate her, Duncan Isadora met Esenin and the affair between them immediately flourished. They were married on May 2, 1922 and soon after they made a long voyage through some European and American countries. But due to the age difference (Esenin was 26 years old when he knew each other, and Duncan Isadora was 43), due to the language barrier - Esenin only spoke Russian, and Duncan could speak. English, French and German - and also due to differences in personality, so after returning to Russia in August 1923, the two separated and Duncan left Russia.

Sergei Esenin and the famous American dancer Duncan Isadora

And Esenin returned to his former lover, Galina Benislavskaja, who loved him so much. With Esenin, she is nothing but everything: being a friend, a maid, a lover, a model. She had to work many times to find her romantic lover throughout pubs and pubs to spare him to go home to her drunken state. He lived in her place and until he died there was still no place to live, his private place. But the two of them lived together not long, then he once again married, this time with the granddaughter of great writer Lev Tolstoi, Sofia Andreevna Tolstaja, a woman who did not have the salty beauty but spent full of my heart for Esenin. But still due to the problem of personality, the poet - an unyielding horse in the school also broke up with Sofia before the fateful trip to Leenin-gad in December 1925.

Suicide or murder?

In addition to the assumptions of Esenin's suicide, for nearly a century, there have been, in secret, at publicity, another kind of hypothesis that Russia's eminent lyricist is not raised. birth that is murdered. This hypothesis came shortly after Esenin's death, despite the Russian authorities 'obituary announcing that' the poet Esenin was mentally depressed, the psychological imbalance should be in despair. hanged himself '.

The Slovo newspaper, then, immediately reported on Esenin's murder. Writer Boris Lavrenev in the mourning post called for " exposing only the executioners and murderers" . Even a book called The Esenin Murder was published.

Again, according to the law of orthodox religion, it is forbidden to do prayers for suicides. However, at that time people were praying for Esenin at the church in his village. Also on October 3, 1991, on the birth of Esenin, a super-solemn ceremony was officially organized in Moscow, Leningrad and Konstantinov. That is another proof of the poet's murder.

In addition, after the images of Esenin after death, it was obvious that the bruises on the face were somewhat deformed and the wound on the arm showed that there was an external force. Moreover, there is a horizontal mark on the photo. In the opinion of the forensic doctor, the stain must be vertical to fit the hanging posture. This proves that the poet was strangled to death with a rope from behind.

But who is the culprit who is killing the innocent poet? And for what purpose? This is still an open-ended question, a mystery that makes it difficult for the criminal science community to give a satisfactory answer.