Taras Bulba. Gogol N.V.

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852)-a famous prose writer and playwright, a classic of Russian literature.

about his own work, Gogol said: "It only came out that I was taken from reality". The writer often turned to myths, legends and other folklore sources, which is why the real world in his works often bent with fantastic.

The story “Taras Bulba” is included in the Mirgorod cycle and talks about the life of the Zaporozhye Cossacks of the first half of the XVII centuries. Colonel Taras Bulba wants to test his sons in battle and takes them on a military campaign. Belinsky wrote about the main character: “This man had an idea to which he lived and for which he lived... he did not survive her, he died with her... For her, he killed his own hand, he died for her and himself.” This is a heroic epic about love and betrayal, about duty and honor, valor and cruelty.