Gogol was a Ukrainian writer from the early 19th century. Dead Souls was first published in 1842 as the first part of a projected trilogy. Censorship forces the work to be titled The Adventures of Chichikov. Gogol refers to this work as an epi...

Gogol was a Ukrainian writer from the early 19th century. Taras Bulba is the story of the life of the Ukrainian Cossacks who lived during the 16th century. Taras Bulba is an old warrior who takes his sons on a training mission. He becomes their...