Fyodor Dostoevsky

· General Build: Tall, slender young man with pale skin. Face and eyes: A delicate face with penetrating dark purple eyes. A tired look is often visible in the gaze. · Hair: Long, tousled black hair reaching to the shoulders. · Clothing: white shirt and white trousers

• Religiosity, detachment, calm.

• Age 12 years

She came from a postmaster's family and married at the age of 14. She mastered the complex science of housekeeping and was the first beauty of Poltava.

Religiosity: Her deep faith influenced Gogol's mystical worldview—he was named Nikolai in honor of the Miracle Worker, following her vow. She told children stories about evil spirits, awakening the future writer's creative imagination.

• Age 28 years

He came from an ancient Ukrainian family (his ancestor was the Cossack ataman Ostap Gogol). Unlike his priestly ancestors, he chose a secular career: he served in the post office and in the courts, retiring with the rank of collegiate assessor.

Main hobbies:

· Theatre and literature: He was the soul of the home theatre at the estate of a distant relative of D.P. Troshchinsky: he wrote comedies, staged plays and acted in them himself. · Dreaminess: He installed pavilions and alleys with poetic names on the estate. He once even forbade the peasants from washing clothes in the pond, so that the noise would not disturb the nightingales.

He instilled in Kolya a love of literature and theater, took him with him to the fields and gave him topics for poetry.

• Age 42 years