St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

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From a human point of view, Petersburg is not the city of Peter and Pushkin, but the city of Yevgeny and Akaky Akakievich... (A. Bitov)

The Story of Noses or Nose No. 1

Voznesensky Ave, 36, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190068

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

Petersburg: The Three Noses of Major Kovalev

In the Footsteps of Literary Characters

The nose was intercepted on the way to Riga.

Nose No. 2

Chernoretsky Lane, 2, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191167

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

Petersburg: The Three Noses of Major Kovalev

Upset by the new power that fled, they ordered a new one.

Nose No. 3 and the last one for now

Universitetskaya Embankment, 7/9, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

Petersburg: The Three Noses of Major Kovalev

This is not the end of the story with Kovalyov's noses.

Mom, where have I ended up!

Gorokhovaya St., 46, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol disliked Petersburg because he saw it as a symbol of artificiality, corruption, and spiritual emptiness. In his works, Petersburg often appears as a cold, impersonal city that fosters bureaucracy, moral decay, and alienation. Gogol contrasted it with the more traditional, heartfelt Russian countryside, expressing a deep ambivalence toward the city’s rapid modernization and Western influences. His critical portrayal reflects his discomfort with the social and cultural changes Petersburg represented in 19th-century Russia.

First Literary Attempts

Kazan Street, 39, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190031

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

A typical St. Petersburg disease - hemorrhoids!!!

First literary experiments

Kazan Street, 39, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190031

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

A typical St. Petersburg disease - hemorrhoids!!!

Zverkov's House

Griboedov Canal Embankment, 69, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190031

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

This is Zverkov's house. What a place! So many people live in it: so many cooks, so many visitors! And our fellow officials—there are as many as dogs, piled one on top of another.

Kuzel's House - Lepena

Malaya Morskaya St., 17, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190000

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

Malaya Morskaya Street in Saint Petersburg can be proud of its literary atmosphere.

Gogol and Alexandrinka

pl. Ostrovskogo, 6, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

One of the main characters for Gogol was His Majesty — the Theater

The Gogol monument – they shouldn’t have done that.

Malaya Konyushennaya St., 16, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Petersburg: Unusual Monuments and Places

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

Petersburg: Stories of Nevsky Prospect

I bequeath that no monument be erected over me and that no thought be given to such a trifle, unworthy of a Christian.

Oh, don’t believe this Nevsky Prospect!

Nevsky Ave., 38, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

Petersburg: Stories of Nevsky Prospect

In the Footsteps of Literary Characters

Всё обман, всё сон, всё не так, как кажется!