Alexander Yesenin-Volpin is the illegitimate son of the great Russian poet Sergei Yesenin. He is known as a mathematician, the author of several serious works in the field of mathematical logic. It worked for Alexander and write poetry. However, for some of his writings, he was arrested, sent to a psychiatric hospital, and expelled from Central Russia. Such a fate pushed Alexander to human rights activities.
Facts from the biography of Alexander Yesenin-Volpin
The future mathematician, philosopher and poet was born in Leningrad on May 12, 1924. Alexander's father was the famous Russian poet Sergei Yesenin. He died when Alexander was only a year and a half. Mom Alexandra is a translator and poetess Nadezhda Volpin. The boy’s parents were united by literature, but they were not officially married.
In 1933, Alexander and his mother moved from Leningrad to the capital of Russia. Here in 1946 he graduated with honors from Moscow State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics. Alexander was not drafted into the army - a psychiatric diagnosis interfered.
In 1949, Yesenin-Volpin completed his postgraduate studies. His dissertation was related to mathematical logic. After that, Alexander left for the place of work in Chernivtsi.
"Socially dangerous element"
In July 1949, Yesenin-Volpin was arrested on a denunciation. He was accused of anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda. The basis for such an accusation was the fact of writing and reading in a narrow circle of several poems. During the investigation, Alexander was sent for a forensic psychiatric examination and was eventually declared insane. With this conclusion of the examination, Yesenin-Volpin soon ended up in a special psychiatric hospital in Leningrad, where he was assigned to compulsory treatment.
In the fall of 1950, Alexander Sergeevich, recognized as a "socially dangerous element", was sent to the Karaganda region. He was assigned a period of exile - five years. At the end of 1953 he was released under an amnesty, after which he returned to the capital.
A few years later Yesenin-Volpin received an invitation to a mathematical symposium held in Warsaw. However, he was not allowed to leave the country, citing his mental inferiority. It became unbearably difficult for Alexander to make a career in his native country.
In 1959, Alexander was once again placed in a clinic for the mentally ill: for transferring a philosophical treatise and a collection of his poetic works outside the country. This time, Esenin-Volpin spent about two years in the clinic.
In 1962, Alexander married. His wife was V.B. Volpin, in girlhood - Khayutina. The marriage lasted about ten years.
