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Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
History of Russia
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| | 1809 | Birth | |
| Birth of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
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| 1836 | Drama | |
| "The Inspector-General", a satire on provincial officials
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| 1842 | Publication | |
| "Dead Souls", concerns the rogue Chichikov who buys the names of dead serfs from landowners in order to mortgage them as property
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| "The Overcoat", about a downtrodden clerk who sacrifices much to buy a new overcoat that is stolen the first time he wears it
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| 1852 | Death | |
| Death of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
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