Russia! Russia! I see you now, from my wondrous, beautiful past I behold you! How wretched, dispersed, and uncomfortable everything is about you... - Nikolai Gogol

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Russia! Russia! I see you now, from my wondrous, beautiful past I behold you! How wretched, dispersed, and uncomfortable everything is about you...

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About Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol (Russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь) (1 April 1809 – 4 March 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer, whose best known work is perhaps Dead Souls, seen by many as the first "modern" Russian novel.

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Native Name: Микола Васильович Гоголь-Яновський гербу Яструбець
Alternative Names: Nikolay Vasil'yevich Gogol' • Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ • N. V. Hohalʹ • Mykola Vasylʹovych Hoholʹ • Gogolʹ • N. V. Gogolʹ • Nicholai V. Gogol • Nikolay Vasil'yevich Gogol • Nicolai Gogol • Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol • Nikolaus Gogol • Nikolay Gogol' • N. Gogolis • Nicolaus Gogol • Nikolay Gogol • Nikolaj Gogolj • Nikolaj Gogolʹ • Mikołaj Gogol • En Gogolli • Ko-kuo-li • Nicolas Gogol • Nikolai Vasil´evich Gogol´ • N. V. Gogolj • Guogeli • Geguoli • Kuo-ko-li • Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol • Nicolai Vasilievitch Gogol • Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
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