95 years ago, on March 25, 1925, the talented Russian poet and prose writer Alexey Ganin was executed on fabricated charges. He was a close friend of Sergey Yesenin. Having lived only 31 years, he left a vivid creative mark that, unfortunately, has not yet been fully returned to a wide circle of readers.

Alexey Alekseevich Ganin was born in the village of Konshino (now Vologda Oblast). He received his primary education at a zemstvo school and gymnasium, and in 1914 graduated from a paramedic school. With the onset of World War I, he served in the Nikolaev military hospital, where in 1916 he met soldier Sergey Yesenin from the Tsarskoye Selo sanitary train. This acquaintance played an important role in both of their lives.

After the Bolsheviks came to power, Ganin published in the almanac "Scythians." Although he was wary and even hostile towards the Bolsheviks, due to his medical duty, he served in their hospital from 1918 to 1920. After demobilization, he moved to Moscow, where he met Yesenin more often, participated in literary evenings, and published his collections by lithographic means. In 1925, his first book "The Field of Legends" was released.

Despite his creative activity, dark clouds gathered over Ganin. He was arrested twice but released. On November 1, 1924, he was arrested on a fabricated case of the "Order of Russian Fascists," allegedly seeking to overthrow the Bolsheviks. Fourteen people were arrested in this case, mostly poets and writers. It is hard to say now whether a conspiracy existed, but one can be sure that they wished well for their Motherland.

All the arrested were subjected to brutal torture, two went insane, and Ganin was so tortured that he was deemed insane. However, this did not prevent Vyshinsky from sentencing him and five others to death, while two received ten years of imprisonment, and the fate of the others is unknown.