An article titled "Yesenin and Isakhanli: 'An Azerbaijani Poetic Wreath to Sergey Yesenin'" has been published in the December 10, 2025 issue of "Kredo" newspaper. The article is about the book "Азербайджанский поэтический венок Сергею Есенину" ("An Azerbaijani Poetic Wreath to Sergey Yesenin") by Isakhan Isakhanli, Vice-Rector of Khazar University, Doctor of Philological Sciences, a prominent Azerbaijani Yesenin scholar who is well-known and respected among numerous institutions studying Sergey Yesenin's life and works in Russia and among Yesenin scholars, and has been awarded International Yesenin prizes. The book was published by Khazar University Press. The author of the article is Ali Rza Khalafli, editor-in-chief of "Kredo" newspaper, poet and writer.
In the article, written in the form of a letter to Isakhan Isakhanli, the author characterizes the book "Азербайджанский поэтический венок Сергею Есенину" ("An Azerbaijani Poetic Wreath to Sergey Yesenin") as an original publication that stands out from all publications dedicated to the memory of Russia's great poet Yesenin to date, based on its compilation and constituent sections, and also references information from the Azerbaijan State Information Agency AZERTAC in this regard. The book's originality is exemplified by its wide scope of coverage: it includes all poems dedicated to Yesenin in Azerbaijan and Russia, starting from the first poem dedicated to Yesenin in Azerbaijan, including poems by Isakhan Isakhanli himself, as well as poems by two Russian poets. Ali Rza Khalafli also reviews Isakhan Isakhanli's scholarly work on Yesenin in general and highly appreciates this research, which comprises several books.
As a supplement to the article, the newspaper also provides one-page samples of reviews about the book by Russian Yesenin scholars.
The relevant pages of the newspaper are presented in PDF format.