[Vasily Nikolaevich Gogol..💭🪶📖]

You may be referring to the film "Gogol. Viy"—a Russian fantasy horror film directed by Yegor Baranov, based on the works of Nikolai Gogol.
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Plot: After the events of the first film, Nikolai Gogol finds a secret document about himself in Yakov Petrovich Guro's belongings with the note: "Birth Secret—Dark One?" Mysterious murders of young girls occur in Dikanka, which locals link to the activities of the Dark Horseman.
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A Muslim sorcerer named Basavryuk arrives in the village, feared by the locals as a hunter of Christian souls. When a girl named Darina disappears in Dikanka, Gogol tries to find her and learn to control his gift. In visions, he sees a red flower in the "lair of the beast"—Bear Ravine, which the locals consider cursed ground.
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During his investigation, Gogol encounters the exorcist Khoma Brut, who had been pursuing the witch Ulyana for several years and had come to Dikanka to use her body as bait to battle the demon Viy. In the end, Khoma dies from the bite of the revived witch, and Gogol finishes casting a spell that causes Viy to disappear, but Nikolai himself falls dead.
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Some facts about the house:
Gogol moved here in December 1848 at the invitation of the Tolstoy Counts. He was given two rooms on the ground floor of the house.
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In this house, the writer worked on the second volume of Dead Souls, and shortly before his death, he burned some of the manuscripts, among which, according to legend, was the second volume of Dead Souls.
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In 1851, Gogol read the play The Government Inspector to the actors of the Maly Theater and writers in this house.
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After the writer's death, the estate changed owners several times. After the 1917 revolution, the house was given over to communal apartments. In the 1960s, the permanent representative office of the Kirghiz SSR was located here, and later the building was transferred to City Library No. 2.
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In 1974, memorial rooms to Gogol were opened as part of the library. In 2009, to mark the 200th anniversary of the writer's birth, a renovated exhibition opened.
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Today, the "N.V. Gogol House - Memorial Museum and Research Library" is the only center in Russia dedicated to the life and work of Gogol. The institution also includes an exhibition hall and the "New Wing" art space.
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People
Gogol knew many people, many of whom played an important role in his life. Some of them:
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V. A. Zhukovsky - poet and translator;
M. P. Pogodin - historian and journalist;
S. T. Aksakov - writer and theater critic;
M. S. Shchepkin - actor;
A. A. Ivanov - artist;
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Some of Gogol's hobbies:
Handicrafts—the writer knitted scarves, cut dresses for his sisters, and wove belts. His knack for needlework likely came from his four sisters: Anna, Maria, Olga, and Elizabeth.
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Botany – Gogol enjoyed reading about plants, collecting them, and learning about their beneficial properties, everyday uses, and medicinal applications. The writer was primarily interested in the practical uses of plants—medicinal, dyeing, and food—as well as the folk customs and beliefs associated with them.
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Collecting – Gogol collected miniature editions of books, which today are called "pocket books." For example, he ordered a mathematical encyclopedia for himself solely because of its sixteenth-sheet format.
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Gogol's interest in flowers—from each trip, he brought back a whole herbarium, classified it, arranged it, and could talk at length to all his acquaintances about the characteristics, possibilities of plants, and the legends and beliefs associated with them.
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Some of Gogol's food preferences:
Macaroni and cheese - the writer made it almost every day, adding seasonings and grated Parmesan to taste.
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Vareniki and dumplings – Gogol loved his native Ukrainian cuisine and often cooked for guests himself.
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Sweets—candies, gingerbread, bagels. The writer kept an endless supply of gingerbread, buns, pretzels, and jam at home.
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Ice cream - during his travels abroad, Gogol fell in love with ice cream: in Paris, he gorged himself on it at the Tortoni cafe, and in Rome, he tried the local one.
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Pear kvass - the writer prepared it himself from soaked pears.
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (born Yanovsky, from 1821 - Gogol-Yanovsky) was born on March 20 (April 1), 1809 in the village of Sorochintsy, Mirgorod district, Poltava province (now the village of Velyki Sorochintsy, Mirgorod district, Poltava region, Ukraine).
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The writer spent his childhood years on his parents' estate, Vasilyevka (also known as Yanovshchina, which comes from the owner's surname, Gogol-Yanovsky).
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At different periods of his life, Gogol also lived in Odessa, St. Petersburg and Moscow.
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Personal life
Nikolai Gogol was unmarried. His contemporaries left no evidence of his affairs. The writer harbored romantic interests in women of high society—educated, brilliant aristocrats—but in the eyes of their families, he, a "homeless" writer, was not seen as a worthy match.
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In the spring of 1850, Gogol attempted to establish a family life by proposing to Countess Vielgorskaya, but was rejected. This deeply wounded Gogol's feelings and bruised his pride.
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Heritage
Nikolai Gogol's works had a profound influence on Russian and world literature. According to Vissarion Belinsky and Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Gogol founded a literary movement—the main stage of the "natural school" of the 1840s.
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Mikhail Bulgakov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Flannery O'Connor, Branislav Nušić, Franz Kafka, and many others acknowledged Gogol's influence on their work.
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Creation
Gogol's work can be divided into several periods:
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The first stage lasted from 1829 to 1835. The author frequently used fantasy, humor, and drew on Ukrainian folklore. During this period, collections of poems were published: "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka," "Mirgorod," and "Arabesques."
The second period, from 1836 to 1842, saw Gogol turning to realism, using satirical techniques to depict reality. This period is associated with the writing and publication of the comedy "The Government Inspector" and the poem "Dead Souls."
The third stage, from 1842 to 1852, was associated with a renewal of the writer's inner world, his turn to philosophy, religion, and an interest in moral issues. In addition to working on the second volume of Dead Souls, Gogol worked on the journalistic work Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends.

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Features of creativity:
Description of human life by referring to folklore traditions (folk tales, legends, traditions).
Often in works the real world is combined with the fantastic: mystical characters are combined with real personalities.
Gogol masterfully described the real world, in which corruption and veneration for rank are often encountered, and where people are divided into rich and poor.

Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol's (1809–1852) character was complex and contradictory. Two dominant aspects of the writer's personality are distinguished:
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The aspect that characterizes Gogol as a person is his tendency toward constant moral introspection, moral self-accusation, and the denunciation of others.
The aspect that characterizes Gogol as a writer is the visual power of his talent, which artistically reproduces the surrounding world of reality as it is.

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Some of Gogol's character traits:
Withdrawn and silent - for example, he did not respond to insults and did not like to talk about his goals and methods for achieving them.
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Willingness to help - Gogol was ready to help those who needed his help - not only with alms, but also with recommendations, thanks to which his friends achieved success in their professional activities.
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Sociability and cheerfulness - with friends Gogol was sociable and cheerful, he could tell jokes and funny stories.
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Oddities of character - for example, he felt uncomfortable in the presence of strangers and was afraid of thunderstorms.

Some features of appearance:
His nose was large, slightly curved downwards, and pointed at the tip. It stood out sharply against his small eyes and lips. Gogol was deeply ashamed of his nose and asked artists to somehow smooth it over, at least in his portraits.
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The writer wore his hair cut into a short bob, with the ends curled inward. To create an asymmetrical face, he parted it to one side.
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The face was oval with a sharp, prominent chin and prominent cheekbones. The brow ridges loomed over the eyes.
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Build - according to the memoirs of the poet M. N. Loginov and the writer's sister O. V. Golovnya, Gogol was short, thin, with a stooped back and crooked legs.
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The only surviving photograph taken during his lifetime was taken by photographer Sergei Levitsky in 1845, when the writer was already living in Rome.
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Biography
Gogol's character was influenced by, for example:
Father's influence: Vasily Gogol-Yanovsky, a retired collegiate assessor, was passionate about literature and organized a home theater for which he composed comedies in Ukrainian. His father passed on his inclinations and interests to his son, teaching him the art of words.
A personal tragedy—the death of his father in 1825—and the family's subsequent financial difficulties hardened the young man's character. Demonstrating selflessness, he renounced his inheritance in favor of his sisters.
The influence of life in St. Petersburg - the move to St. Petersburg in December 1828 had a profound impact on Gogol's character: he felt the dual nature of St. Petersburg, which became the background for many of his works.

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Nikolai Gogol was unmarried. His contemporaries left no evidence of his affairs. The writer harbored romantic interests in women of high society—educated, brilliant aristocrats—but in the eyes of their families, he, a "homeless" writer, was not seen as a worthy match.
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In the spring of 1850, Gogol attempted to establish a family life by proposing to Countess Vielgorskaya, but was rejected. This deeply wounded Gogol's feelings and bruised his pride.
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Heritage
Nikolai Gogol's works had a profound influence on Russian and world literature. According to Vissarion Belinsky and Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Gogol founded a literary movement—the main stage of the "natural school" of the 1840s.
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Mikhail Bulgakov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Flannery O'Connor, Branislav Nušić, Franz Kafka, and many others acknowledged Gogol's influence on their work.
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