Simple biography of Gogol

Nikolai Vasilievich was born in the family of a landowner of medium wealth. From his father’s side, his ancestors were priests, but the writer’s grandfather was the first to go to the civil service. It was he who added to his hereditary surname Yanovsky, better known to us - Gogol. Gogol's father worked at the post office. The writer’s mother, the first beauty of those places, he married when she was only 14 years old.

Over the years of marriage, they had 6 children. The future writer spent his childhood mainly in four estates: in Vasilyevka Yanovshchina, which belonged to their family, Dikanka - where the Minister of Internal Affairs V. Kochubey, Obukhovka - the estate of the writer V. Kapnist and the Kibin residents, where a relative from his mother lived. Gogol’s first strong impressions were experiences from the prophecies told by his mother about the Last Judgment, which he remembered for his life.

In the Kibin residents, Nikolai first met an extensive library of a relative and saw a game of home actors. The beginning of study and moving to St. Petersburg is a portrait of Gogol's work of Goryunov. In the years, Gogol studies at the Poltava district school, then takes lessons from one of the private teachers. In the year enters the Nezhinsky gymnasium.

He studies there mediocre, but gives a lot of time to the gymnasium theater, playing in the performances and creating decorations. Here Gogol first tries to write. But more than him at that time attracts a career of a civil servant. After the gymnasium is graduated, Nikolai Vasilievich goes to St. Petersburg with the hope of employment. But here the first life disappointments await him.

It is not possible to get a place, the first published poem is completely smashed by criticism, love drives end in nothing. Gogol leaves for a briefly in Germany, but returns to his homeland that year. Finally, it manages to get a job, although the official’s work does not bring Gogol any pleasure. It was only positive in this work that she gave the writer many new impressions and characters that he later showed in his works.

During this period, the story “Bisavryuk, or evening on the eve of Ivan Kupala” is published, which for the first time draws the attention of the entire literary public to Gogol. At the end of the year, he is already familiar with the best writers of St. Petersburg.

Pletnev introduces Gogol with A. Pushkin, who will play a significant role in the work of Nikolai Vasilyevich. In the same year, the first part of the collection “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka” was published with great enthusiasm met by Pushkin. Next year, the second part of this work comes out. Gogol takes off to the top of fame. Pushkin at Gogol. In the year, he visits Moscow, where he also meets famous writers and theater figures.

C-Gogol leaves teaching at St. Petersburg University and completely begins to engage in literary activities. In the same year, the collections of “Arabesques” and “Mirgorod” are published, the comedy “Examiner” is practically completed, the first edition of the comedy “Marriage” is written. Gogol begins work on the poem "Dead Souls." These works denote a new artistic direction in the work of the writer.

Instead of strong and bright characters, vulgar inhabitants and the disturbing world of a big city appear. The tragedy of "dead souls" in the summer of the year Gogol goes abroad for more than 12 years. During this time, he visits Russia twice, but not for long. In these years, he works on his main literary work - the poem “Dead Souls”. Her plot, like the “auditor”, was prompted by Gogol Pushkin, but multifacetedly deployed by Nikolaev Vasilievich himself.

In the year, thanks to Belinsky, Gogol publishes I volume in Russia. The work is highly appreciated by the advanced writers of that time. Work on the second volume goes painfully. At this time, the writer overtakes the spiritual crisis. He doubts that literature can change anything in the life of society for the better. Being in a severe mental state, Gogol burns the manuscript of a ready -made work.

In order to somehow justify his act, Nikolai Vasilievich publishes “selected places from correspondence with friends”, where he tries to explain the reason for his actions. Here he writes about the paramount significance of the Christian education of society, without which improvement in life is simply impossible. In the same period, works of theological nature were written, the most significant of which is “Reflections on the Divine Liturgy”.

Gogol burns the second part of the Dead Souls. After pilgrimage to the Holy Land in April, Gogol returns to Russia forever. In the first months of the year, it is finally in a residence in Moscow. By this time, the new edition of the second volume of “Dead Souls”, which Gogol reads to his friends and receives their complete approval, was ready. But mystical and religious thoughts fill the soul of the writer, his father’s dissatisfaction is expressed by Archpriest Father Matvey Konstantinovsky, who in recent years has been next to Gogol.

At the same time, Nikolai Vasilievich unsuccessfully tries to arrange his personal life.Under the rule of deep spiritual confusion on the night of February 11-21, the writer burns the manuscript of the second volume of “dead souls” already ready for printing. He does not have to live quite long. Initially, the writer is escorted to the last journey to the cemetery of the Holy Danilov Monastery, in Soviet times, his remains are reburied in the Novodevichy cemetery.

This is interesting: - Nikolai Gogol received the name in honor of the icon of St. Nicholas, which was stored in the local church.