Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol is an outstanding Russian and Ukrainian writer. Russia, France, Germany, Rome - the places where he created masterpieces, but these countries were only "stations", the main starting point was the small village of Velyki Sorochintsy, which created such an amazing genius and still retains the spirit of his work.
Homeland of Gogol
Nikolai Gogol was born in Ukraine, in a small village called Velyki Sorochintsy. The first part of the name of the village - "The Great" - predicted the fate of the writer even before his birth.
In 1809, when Gogol was born, Velikiye Sorochintsy belonged to the Mirgorodsky district of the Poltava province.
This picturesque village is located in the Mirgorodsky district of the Poltava region, not far from the right bank of the Psel river. Today this place is the administrative center of the Velikosorochinsky village council. Every year, a cultural event is held here - the Sorochinskaya Fair, which became famous after Gogol wrote his story about it.
In 1911, the first monument to the writer was erected in Sorochintsy, and in 1951 a literary and memorial museum of N. V. Gogol.
The family of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol had more than 100 dessiatines and 400 serf souls. The future writer spent his childhood on his parents' estates in the village of Vasilyevka (the second name is Yanovshchina). The cultural and educational center of the region was Kibintsy, where there was a huge library and home theater. For this theater, Gogol's father wrote comedies, played some roles in it and even conducted.
Gogol's wanderings
Later Nikolai Gogol moved to Poltava and entered the Poltava district school. After graduating from the gymnasium of higher sciences in Nizhyn, together with his classmate, he went to St. Petersburg. In this city, for the first time, he took up his pen and caused a storm of applause from the public with his ingenious work "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka."
After that, the novels "The Nose" and "Taras Bulba" appeared. After writing The Inspector General, Gogol falls into a creative depression and leaves for Germany. The work on the work "Dead Souls" took place in several stages. During this writing, Nikolai Vasilyevich managed to visit Switzerland, Paris, Rome and Moscow.
Upon arrival in Moscow, after long travels, his health deteriorated, and on February 21, 1852, in a Moscow apartment, the genius's heart stopped. In 1931, the remains of the great writer were reburied at the Novodevichy cemetery.
6 interesting facts from the life of Gogol
In addition to Nikolai, the Gogol family had 11 more children. However, 6 of them died in infancy. Needlework was one of the writer's favorite pastimes. He knitted scarves, cut dresses for his sisters and sewed scarves around his neck.
At school, Gogol had difficulty learning languages, his writings were mediocre. He made progress only in Russian literature and drawing. Throughout his life, N. Gogol has never been seen in relationships with the female sex.
When writing his masterpieces, Gogol rolled balls of white bread. He told his friends that this method allows him to calm down and find out the answers to difficult questions. The plot for the play "The Inspector General" is based on real events about which Gogol told A. S. Pushkin.
