Tag: Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka

The most famous literary portrait of Ukraine was written, of course, by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). A descendant of an old but rather poor noble family, he was born in Ukraine (then Malorussia, part of the Russian Empire) in the village of Sorochyntsi ...

The interesting history of Sorochyntsi Fair. The Sorochyntsi Fair became known to the entire reading world thanks to Nikolai Gogol, who exalted it in his famous novel of the same name. Now it is difficult to say what had the greater influence – whe ...