Taras Bulba

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809 - 1852) - prose writer, playwright, critic, publicist, classic of Russian literature. “Taras Bulba” is a historical story that describes the history of the Cossack uprising of 1637-1638, suppressed by the Polish troops. The central topics of the story are the patriotism and heroism of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks. The triumph of spirituality is shown, first of all, in the main character - Taras Bulba, whose fate is full of drama. Belinsky spoke like this about this work: “Taras Bulba” is an excerpt, an episode from the great epic of the life of an entire people. If in our time a homeric epic is possible, then here you have its highest sample, ideal and prototype?. ? " “Taras Bulba” is a member of the Mirgorod collection (1835?), The composition of which three more original novels based on Ukrainian folklore: “Old Svek landowners”, “Vii”, “The Tale of how Ivan Ivanovich quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich ".