Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (3 October 1895 – 28 December 1925) was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century.

Sergei Yesenin was born in Konstantinovo in Ryazan Governorate of the Russian Empire to a peasant family.

On 28 December 1925, Yesenin was found dead in his room in the Hotel Angleterre in St Petersburg. His last poem "Goodbye my friend, goodbye" (До свиданья, друг мой, до свиданья), according to Wolf Ehrlich, was written by him the day before he died. Yesenin complained that there was no ink in the room, and he was forced to write with his blood.

According to his biographers, the poet was in a state of depression and committed suicide by hanging. Yesenin's suicide triggered an epidemic of copycat suicides by his mostly female fans.

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