In January 1916, the young but already well-known poet Sergei Yesenin was drafted into the army. However, thanks to his connections with friends in the literary world, he did not end up on the front lines. Yesenin was assigned to serve as a medic on a military hospital train. He cared for the wounded, distributed food, ensured cleanliness and order in the train cars, and attended surgeries. He traveled to the front line several times on the train. On June 30, 1916, the poet was transferred to the train’s office in Tsarskoye Selo, where he was tasked with administrative work. He also continued to perform his duties as a medic in the local infirmary. The authorities often asked Yesenin to recite his poems at concerts for the wounded. On July 22, even the imperial family attended one of these concerts. Later, Sergei Alexandrovich wrote in his autobiography: “Once, I read my poems to the Empress. After hearing them, she said that my poems were beautiful but very sad. I replied that all of Russia is like that.” The poet claimed that the February Revolution caught him in one of the disciplinary battalions—where he ended up because he refused to write poems in honor of the Tsar. In March 1917, Yesenin voluntarily left the “Kerensky army,” which was already on a clear path to degradation and dissolution.