Nose No. 3 and the last one for now

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

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

Petersburg: The Three Noses of Major Kovalev

And the story with Kovalyov's noses did not end in the city on the Neva. On May 23, 2008, on the Day of the Philologist and Orientalist, a monument to the Nose was installed in the courtyard of the Philological Faculty of St. Petersburg State University. The monument was created by sculptor Timur Yusupov in honor of Gogol's 200th anniversary.

Moreover, this time it was a full-fledged sculpture, where it stands on thin and crooked legs and wears a greatcoat. It is carved from stones sent by the world's leading universities.

As a result, Major Kovalyov's nose can be called a record holder: in St. Petersburg, as many as three monuments have been erected in his honor.

Jermaine

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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.

Jermaine

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.

Jermaine

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.

Jermaine

First Literary Attempts

Kazan Street, 39, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190031

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

A typical St. Petersburg disease - hemorrhoids!!!

Jermaine

First literary experiments

Kazan Street, 39, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190031

St. Petersburg of Nikolai Gogol

A typical St. Petersburg disease - hemorrhoids!!!

Jermaine

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.

Jermaine