Kotero, tiyeni tiyankhule za mbiri ya Sergei Yesenin. Mbiri yake inayamba mumzinda wa Konstantinovo, womwe unali m'chigawo cha Ryazan. M'banja la Esenin mnyamata wina adawoneka, dzina lake Seryozha. Izi zinachitika pa September 21, 1885. Mu 1904, Sergei anatumizidwa kukaphunzira ku sukulu ya Zemstvo. Atamaliza maphunziro ake, Sergei adatumizidwa kukaphunzira ku sukulu ya aphunzitsi ndi aphunzitsi. Ngakhale banja la Yesenin linali lachilendo, makolo ankafuna kuti mnyamatayo akhale munthu wophunzira ndikukwaniritsa chinachake pamoyo wake.
Ndicho chifukwa chake sanakane pamene mnyamatayo adapita ku Moscow ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri. Young Seryozha anapita ku likulu, komwe moyo wake unasintha. Ndipo ndi kovuta kunena zomwe zinali zabwino: kukhala moyo wamphepo, kulemba ndakatulo zogwira mtima ndikuchoka patali kwambiri kapena kukhala ndi masiku akale kwambiri munthu wosavuta. Komabe, tsopano palibe chomwe chingasinthidwe, kotero sikungakhale kwanzeru kulankhula za chinachake chomwe sichidzachitike konse.
Ndipo mu 1912, Sergei Yesenin anasamukira ku Moscow ndipo anayamba kugwira ntchito m'mabuku. Kenaka adapeza ntchito ku nyumba yosindikizira ya ID Sytin ndipo adayamba kupeza ndalama zokwanira kuti akhale mumzinda wa Moscow. Ndipotu, mnyamatayo anabwera ku likulu kuti asangopeza ndalama. Iye anali ndi cholinga ndipo mu 1913 Esenin anachita izo. Wandakatulo wam'tsogolo adalowa mumzinda wa Moscow City People's University wotchedwa Shanyavsky ku Faculty History and Philosophy. Pa maphunziro ake ku yunivesite, Sergei nayenso ankagwira ntchito yosindikizira. Ntchitoyi sinali yopindulitsa chabe. Kumeneku kunali Sergei amene adatha kudziŵa olemba ndakatulo omwe anali mbali ya Surikov Literary ndi Music Circle. Mwachidziwikire, anzanga oterewa anali oyenerera ndi wolemba ndakatulo ndipo anali wokondwa kuti akhoza kulankhula ndi anthu aluso.
Koma Yesenin mwiniwakeyo anali kutali ndi chikhalidwe. Mu 1914, anafika pofika polemba ndakatulo zake. Bukuli linapangidwa m'magazini ya ana a Mirou.
Chaka chotsatira Esenin anapita ku Petrograd. Kumeneko amatha kukumana ndi olemba ndakatulo otchuka kwambiri monga Gorodetsky, Blok. Yesenin wachinyamata anawawerengera ntchito zake ndi coryphaeuses adayamikira talente yake. Komanso, nthawi yomweyo, Yesenin anayamba kugwirizana kwambiri ndi "olemba ndakatulo atsopano". Chaka china chinadutsa ndipo Yesenin anali atatha kale kusonkhanitsa. Ankatchedwa Radunitsa. Icho chinali chosonkhanitsa ichi chomwe chinayamba chiyambi cha kutchuka ndi kutchuka kwa ndakatulo. Panthawi imeneyo Yesenin anachitanso ku Tsarskoe Selo kutsogolo kwa mfumuyo ndi ana ake aakazi. Iye sankadziwa ndiye kuti mu chaka sipadzakhala Mkazi kapena ana ake aakazi. Ndipo adzalumikizana ndi mphamvu yatsopano yomwe adalota kale, koma yomwe sangavomereze pamapeto pake.
Mu 1918-1920 Yesenin anali mu bwalo la Imagene. Ndipotu, panthawiyo, sanamvetsetse kuti zinthu zonse zidapitilirapo ndikupitirizabe kukhala ndi moyo umene adafuna ngakhale asanakhalepo mphamvu ya Soviet. Yesenin anali mnyamata yemwe anali ndi zaka makumi awiri okha. Inde, iye sanafune kuganizira zomwe anganene ndi kulemba molondola. Koma nthawi zonse anali wokondwa kuganizira zakumwa zabwino ndi madona okongola. Yesenin adayamba kukondana ndi atsikana ambiri. Anali wokongola, wochenjera komanso wosangalatsa. Kuonjezera apo, adadziwa bwino kuwerenga mndandanda ndipo, panthawi imeneyo, sanazunzidwa ndi zovuta za moyo. Chifukwa chake, akaziwa adakondana ndi Esenin ndipo adalumbira kwa iye mukumverera kwamuyaya. Ena mwa iwo adatengedwera kumapeto kwa miyoyo yawo, monga Galia Benislavskaya, yemwe adakonda Yesinin moyo wake mokhulupirika ndi mokhulupirika, koma sanayembekezere kuti amve bwino.
Mu 1921, Yesenin anapita ulendo wa ku Central Asia, anali ku Urals ndi ku Orenburg. Kenako anapita ku Tashkent kwa mnzake, Shiryaevets. Kumeneko analankhula ndi omvera kumisonkhano yamabuku, komanso ankamvetsera mwambo wamakono ndikuyenda mozungulira gawo lakale la Tashkent.
Kumayambiriro kwa 1921 Esenin anakumana ndi Isadora Duncan, yemwe adakhala chikondi chake ndi temberero lake. Anakwatirana posakhalitsa - miyezi isanu ndi umodzi atakumana. Ndiye Yesenin anakhala ndi moyo kwa chaka chimodzi ndi hafu ku America, koma dzikoli silinamuyenere. Ankafuna kupita kwawo ku Russia. Duncan sanamvetse izi ndipo posachedwa wolemba ndakatuloyo abwerera kudziko lakwawo iye ndi aysedor adatha.
Pa nthawi imeneyo Yesenin adali kale munthu wosakondwera m'dziko lake. Chowona chake n'chakuti nthawi zonse ankatsutsa komanso osayankhula mobwerezabwereza za mabungwe ogwirira ntchito. Ndi ntchito imodzi yokha yotsiriza - "Dziko la Zowonongeka." Mmenemo, wolemba ndakatulo anafotokoza zonse zomwe amaganiza, choncho adakopa chidwi cha ziwalo zapadera, zowongoka ndi Trotsky. Pambuyo pake Yesenin anayamba kumwa nthawi zambiri. Anamuneneza chifukwa chochita zachiwerewere, ndipo sanathe kutaya mtima chifukwa anamva kuti akuyang'anitsitsa. Sergei ndiye munthu yemwe adakula momasuka ndipo sanamvetsetse, zomwe kwenikweni, amaikidwa mu khola, akuyang'aniridwa ndikuzunzidwa nthawi zonse. Kwa iye zinali zosasamalika. Pofuna kuti adzifikitse yekha, Sergei adakwatiwa ndi mdzukulu wa Tolstoy, koma ukwati umenewu sunatheke. Kumapeto kwa 1925 Yesenin anaikidwa m'chipatala cha ubongo. Koma sanapite kumeneko kwa nthawi yaitali, chifukwa anamva ndikumvetsetsa kuti akuyang'anitsitsa. Sergei anasamukira ku Leningrad, ndipo pasanapite nthawi dzikoli linagwidwa ndi malingaliro oopsa a wandakatulo wachinyamata wodzipha. Sichikudziwika chomwe chinachitika usiku wa December 28, 1925. Kumapeto kwa zaka za makumi asanu ndi atatu, komiti inasonkhana, yomwe inatsimikizira kuti Yesenin adadzipha yekha. Koma bwanji, zambiri, zochita zake, ndi makalata ake amasonyeza kuti wolemba ndakatulo sanafune kufa mofanana ndi wina amene adafuna. Koma, mulimonsemo, usiku womwewo Esenina anapita, ndipo patebulo panali pepala ndi ndakatulo yolembedwa mu magazi.