Konstantin Yesenin is the son of Sergei Yesenin, a Soviet sports journalist, statistician and football specialist. He is the author of several literary works. He made a significant contribution to the popularization of football in the Soviet Union and Russia. By education - civil engineer.
Biography
Konstantin Sergeevich Yesenin was born on February 3, 1920, presumably in the city of Moscow. According to other sources - April 20. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
Konstantin Sergeyevich's parents were actress Zinaida Reich and the great Russian poet Sergei Yesenin.
The godfather of the child was the writer Alexander Bely. The boy also had an older sister named Tatyana. The girl was two years older than Bones.
The father practically did not raise his son, since the family broke up when the child was in infancy. Konstantin Yesenin considered his stepfather, the director Vsevolod Meyerhold, to be his father. Children were surrounded by an atmosphere of love and care. They loved the stepfather. The man adopted the children and gave them his last name.
The boy periodically had short meetings with his father, but without the manifestation of warmth. Tatyana and Konstantin Yesenin (pictured below with Zinaida Reich) were not alike. The girl inherited the light curls of her famous father, and the boy looked like a mother. For this reason, the poet was more affectionate towards his daughter. When he saw his son for the first time, he dismissively declared that the Yesenins were not dark-haired.
Zinaida and Vsevolod often went abroad and from there they brought football avenues to the boy. Soon the child was seriously carried away by this sport. Konstantin graduated from Moscow school number 86 on Krasnaya Presnya.
Youth
In the second half of the thirties, misfortunes came to the family. The hunt for the world-famous director Meyerhold began. Friends have repeatedly warned him about the need to be careful. They advised him to stay in Europe. But the man returned to Russia for his wife, who at that time did not have the right to leave the country.
It all started with the methodical destruction of Meyerhold’s career, and ended with his dismissal and the closure of the theater. Kostya's mother was very worried and angrily spoke out in the direction of Stalin. She had nervous breakdowns at night. I had to tie a woman with wet towels.
In 1939, Kostya's stepfather was arrested. Mother wrote an emotional letter to Stalin. Soon she was found murdered in her own apartment. The only witness - the housekeeper was silent about the details of what happened. Meyerhold was shot in 1940.
After the tragedy, Yesenin’s nineteen-year-old son was evicted from the apartment, giving him a small room on Bolshaya Pionerskaya Street. At this time, the guy was studying at the institute, there was not enough money for life. Kostya helped out the support of relatives and friends. An important role in his fate was played by the first wife of Sergei Yesenin, Anna Romanovna Izryadnova. She helped the guy in every possible way, fed him. Later, a woman sent him packages to the front.
War years
When fascist Germany attacked the USSR, Konstantin Yesenin was still a student, he was in his fourth year at the institute. He, like many of his other comrades, became a volunteer and went to serve at the front.
During the Great Patriotic War, the guy showed his heroism and courage. Konstantin was wounded three times, took part in fierce battles for Leningrad, was three times awarded the Order of the Red Star and the medal "For Courage".
In 1944, he was mistaken for the deceased and his relatives were informed about it, and a few months later, recovering from a severe lung injury, Konstantin Yesenin returned home with the rank of junior lieutenant.
Unfortunately, the young man was forced to part with his sister Tatyana. During the war, she was evacuated to Tashkent, where she lived for the next fifty years until her death. Tatyana was engaged in journalism and worked as a literary critic.
Career
After returning from the front, Konstantin Yesenin reinstated at the institute and continued interrupted studies. Scholarships were barely enough for a living. The guy was forced to sell two notebooks of his father’s poems in order to make ends meet. They were acquired by the Main Archival Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR.
After graduation, Konstantin Yesenin received the profession of civil engineer. Before starting work, the young specialist proved to be excellent. Yesenin built houses, cinemas, schools, a complex in Luzhniki. He was noticed and given the opportunity to work in the Ministry. Soon Konstantin Sergeyevich Yesenin received the post of chief specialist of the country on construction issues.
The famous last name prevented the young man from building a career, many advised him to abandon it. Konstantin did not dare to take such a step.
Passion for football
Konstantin Yesenin from childhood was fond of playing football. In 1936, he took part in the youth championship of Moscow and was noted for great success in sports. Konstantin did not forget his hobby in adulthood. He took part in matches between teams of production teams. In addition, Yesenin kept statistics of football meetings that took place in the country.
Journalism
Over time, a hobby grew into a profession. Yesenin became a successful sports columnist. He took up journalism seriously. Since 1955, he collaborated with many periodicals. Konstantin Yesenin was admitted to the ranks of the members of the Writers Union and the All-Union Football Federation, where he later received the post of deputy chairman.
In 1963, on his initiative, the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets established the prize "For the most beautiful goal of the season, scored in Moscow stadiums." In 1967, Yesenin initiated the creation of the symbolic "Grigory Fedotov Club" in the weekly Soccer.
For forty years of activity Yesenin created an extensive file cabinet. It was a kind of football encyclopedia. Konstantin Sergeyevich used the data to write books that have received high recognition in the football environment. The latest creation of the son of Yesenin Konstantin was the Chronicle of Soviet Football, on which he worked until the end of his life.
Memory of father
Despite the pope’s coldness in his turn, Konstantin Yesenin was careful about his legacy. He kept his things, letters, documents, books, and managed during the war to save the unique archives of the poet.
Konstantin vaguely remembered his father. In his youth, he made attempts to write down his few memories of Yesenin. The young man collected information from his mother, he gathered a lot of data from his father’s last wife, Sophia Tolstoy. The woman was very warm to the boy and was happy to share with him everything she knew.
Later, he made every effort to restore respect for the name of his parents. Konstantin Sergeyevich spoke at events where he talked about them and other famous people.
In 1967, he published memories of his famous father.
Personal life
In the biography of Konstantin Yesenin, there were two marriages. He first married after returning from the front. Soon, daughter Maria was born, but the family broke up.
In 1951, Konstantin Sergeyevich began to meet with Sicily Markovna. They soon got married. There was no wedding celebration. The event was marked by a trip to a Raikin concert. The young family lived in a room on the ground floor with an area of ten square meters.
Future spouses first met in youth at youth parties. More closely they were introduced by the husband of Tatyana Yesenina, Vladimir. Constantine attracted the attention of Sicily with its spirituality and inner fire. He invited his girlfriend to the theater, and then escorted her home.
Young people began to meet often, Konstantin talked about what he would like to start a family. Sicily did not want to marry, but her son took the side of Constantine. The boy liked that a man appeared in their life who took him to football.
The chosen one was a year younger than Konstantin and was a graduate of the Moscow Pedagogical Institute. Sicily Markovna arrived in the capital from Vladivostok, where she lived from birth until 1932.
By the time they met, the woman had already raised her son, born in 1939, whose father died at the front. She entered into her first marriage in her early youth. After graduation, she worked at the school for five years in the acquired specialty.
Since 1960, Sicily Markovna was an employee of the Academy of Foreign Trade and gave Russian language lessons to foreigners. By type of activity, the woman often went on business trips abroad, where she attended continuing education courses.
Over time, difficulties arose in a couple’s relationship. The reason was the increased attention of fans towards Constantine. In addition, Yesenin did not show concern for his wife’s son, despite the fact that the boy was very drawn to him.
Sicily Markovna decided to leave for a year in Hungary, so that the situation calms down a bit. There, the woman’s affairs went well and she stayed abroad for five years. She returned to her homeland already in retirement age, but continued to work.
Wanting to show her grandson the cities of Russia and interesting places on the Volga, Sicily Markovna got a job on the ship Dzerzhinsky. Her responsibilities included escorting tourists. Being a native of Vladivostok, a woman needed to stay in the vast expanses of water. The work carried away, and she remained on the ship for the next seven years.
There were no joint children in this marriage. In 1965, the couple broke up, but officially divorced only in 1980.
