The Literary Museum of Yesenin

Not far from Hamid Alimdzhan Square, in the silence of Tashkent courtyards, there is the Literary Museum of Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin. 

It is no secret to the residents of Tashkent that in 1921 the great Russian poet visited Tashkent, however, the idea of creating a museum came only in the 1970s, and they decided to organize the museum on the site of the old children's library, in a house whose construction dates back to the end of the XIX century. So, in 1981, a Public museum was created, on the basis of which the State Literary Museum of Yesenin was opened in 1988. It was one of the first Yesenin museums outside of Russia, and today, it is the second largest museum of Sergei Alexandrovich after the museum in his homeland – in the Ryazan region.

On June 10, 1999, the museum reopened after a major restoration and contains more than 3,000 exhibition objects, most of which were donated to the museum from the poet's family and friends.

The museum contains 4 halls. The exposition of the central hall of the museum is dedicated to Yesenin's trip to Tashkent in 1921. The hall is decorated in the style of the early XX century, contains photographs, newspapers and documented memoirs of contemporaries about the journey of Sergei Alexandrovich. One of them tells how Yesenin found inspiration for his creativity while resting in the shady park of the Sheikhantaur ensemble. The second hall is dedicated to Yesenin's works related to the East and numerous translations of his works into the languages of the peoples of Central Asia. The third hall is dedicated to the poet's still unsolved death, shrouded in many mysteries and riddles, where 2 main versions of his death are intertwined: murder and suicide. Rare editions of his works are also collected in this hall. The fourth hall is a lecture hall, where creative evenings, readings of poems by Yesenin and contemporary poets are held. 

Part of the exhibition is also dedicated to Sergei Alexandrovich's daughter Tatiana, who spent most of her life in Uzbekistan, and she is buried at the Botkin Cemetery in Tashkent. 

Since 1992, the museum has been publishing the newsletter “The World of Yesenin". 

To date, the museum is one of the most important institutions of culture and creative life in Tashkent.