Tag: Nikolai Gogol

The interesting history of Church in Krasne. The only surviving church in the Exclusion Zone on the left bank of the Pripyat is located in the village of Krasne, evacuated in 1986. Previously, it was located in the village Masheve, but then was move ...

The interesting history of Cyril Kachanivka. This extraordinarily beautiful place is known as Tarnovsky Estate. Why it different from other palace parks? It is closely connected with the glorious names of many world celebrities. The estate was given ...

“Wonderous is the Dnipro in calm weather, when freely and smoothly he course, wonderful summer holidays along its picturesque banks. V. N. races his full waters through forests and hills. No rippling, no roaring. You look and do not know if his maj ...

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 ...