Nikolai Gogol (1809 - 1852) - novelist, playwright, essayist and critic. Born in the village Sorochintsy Poltava province in a family of modest means landlords. Educated at the Nizhyn Gymnasium of Higher Sciences (1821-1828), where he showed his interest in literature and art and the extraordinary acting talent. Characteristic of Gogol public sentiment in this period was his behavior in "the case of the free-thinking" when he was on the side of Professor NG Belousov subjected to persecution for spreading progressive ideas. The internal complexity of Gogol's work, the world-famous, it has led to a sharp debatable assessments criticism. Various schools in the Russian and foreign literary allowed multiple interpretations of its contradictory aspects. Numerous works of Gogol and reissues of his works, the embodiment of his images on stage and on screen, in music and painting confirm undying interest in the work of the great Russian writer in the world.
The internal complexity of Gogol's work, the world-famous, it has led to a sharp debatable assessments criticism. Various schools in the Russian and foreign literary allowed multiple interpretations of its contradictory aspects. Numerous works of Gogol and reissues of his works, the embodiment of his images on stage and on screen, in music and painting confirm undying interest in the work of the great Russian writer in the world.