Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. Gogol N.V.

“Evenings on the Farm near Dikanka” became the first large work of Nikolai Gogol (1809 - 1852) to bring him real glory and success. Eight stories in which mysticism easily adjacent to reality, and comedy with horror stories, immediately won love from the metropolitan public, including Pushkin himself.

Gogol colorful characters, folklore and dialectisms, appetizing descriptions of local cuisine - all this formed that classic image of Little Russia, so familiar to everyone from the school bench.