Hotel Angleterre, Saint Petersburg (Chekhov, Kuprin, Yesenin, Bely, Mandelstam, and others)

The history of the hotel began more than two centuries ago and is connected with the names of many famous people. In the "Angleterre" hotel in 1886, the writer A.P. Chekhov stayed; later, another writer, A. Kuprin, also lived here. Famous poets of the Silver Age, Andrey Bely and Osip Mandelstam, also stayed here. The entire creative intelligentsia of the city and its guests often gathered in the hotel's restaurant to discuss news and share new works and thoughts.

Chekhov wrote to his wife: “I stayed at the Hotel d'Angleterre ('England') on Isaakievskaya Square, but if necessary, it is best for me to write to the editorial office of 'Novoye Vremya,' where I go every day.” Osip Mandelstam described in his poems how he waited for his friend Olga Vaksel “in the most ordinary room with a burning fireplace and a table set for dinner.”

The hotel’s guests also included the legendary American journalist John Reed, American dancer Isadora Duncan (the wife of Sergey Yesenin from 1922 to 1924), the founder of Donetsk, and British industrialist John James Yuz.

The events of 1925 still trouble historians and fans of the poet Sergey Yesenin’s work. On December 28, the poet’s body was found in one of the hotel rooms. Whether it was suicide or a politically motivated murder has not yet been definitively established. More details can be read here: https://reveal.world/story/gibel-poeta-esenin

On the eve of the tragic day, Sergey Yesenin wrote his last poem, “Goodbye, my friend, goodbye,” which allowed the authorities to conclude that the great poet had voluntarily ended his life.

Source:

https://www.spb-guide.ru/hotel_angleter.htm

https://ruskontur.com/angleter-v-sankt-peterburge-otel-oveyannyj-legendami/