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<p> A popular Russian novelist, born in Poltava; in 1829 he started as a writer in St. Petersburg, but met with little success till the appearance of his "Evenings in a [[Farm]] near Dikanka"; the success of the included sketches of provincial life induced him to produce a second series in 1834, which are characterised by the same freshness and fidelity to nature; in 1837 appeared his masterpiece "Dead Souls," in which all his powers of pathos, humour, and satire are seen at their best; for some time he tried public teaching, being professor of History at St. Petersburg, and from 1836 to 1846 lived chiefly at Rome; many of his works, which rank beside those of Puschkin and Turgenieff, are translated into English (1809-1852). </p>

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<ref name="term_73596"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/gogol,+nicolai+vasilievitch Nicolai Vasilievitch Gogol from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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