Galina Benislavskaya, tragic love to Yesenin
Galina Benislavskaya became famous for her boundless love to a Russian poet Sergei Yesenin. She was his friend, secretary, lover, everything, but he didn’t love her. After the death of Yesenin, she decided to end her life. She shot herself at the grave of Sergei Yesenin. So life of 29-year old Galina was tragically ended. She couldn’t live without him… Suicide of Benislavskaya shocked the public. It was decided to bury her next to Yesenin. The funeral took place on December 7, 1926. Faithful Gal was inscribed on the monument.
Galina Arturovna was born in St. Petersburg in 1897. She was a journalist and author of memories about Yesenin.
Since childhood, the girl was brought up by her aunt, who adopted Galina, because her own mother was seriously ill. You know, Galina spent her childhood in the Latvian city of Rezekne. In 1917 she graduated from a gymnasium in St. Petersburg. According to her close gymnasium friend, Galina, under the influence of her friend and her parents, who were Bolsheviks, joined the party in May 1917. Soon she had disagreements with her foster parents because of this. So the girl went to Kharkov and enrolled at the university.
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