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Gogolevsky Boulevard (Russian: Гоголевский бульвар) is a boulevard near the Arbat District, Moscow, Russia, named after the writer Nikolai Gogol.It was named Prechistensky Boulevard (Russian: Пречи́стенский бульвар) until 1924, after the nearby street Prechistenka.
The Russian TV-3 television series Gogol features Nikolai Gogol as a lead character and presents a fictionalized version of his life that mixes his history with elements from his various stories. [73] The episodes were also released theatrically starting with Gogol. The Beginning in August 2017. A sequel entitled Gogol.
Gogol Bordello is an American punk rock band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 by musicians from all over the world and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Romani and Ukrainian music mixed with punk and dub , incorporating accordion and violin (and on some albums ...
The old street name was reinstated in 1994. The street is home to a monument of writer Nikolai Gogol , placed deep in the courtyard of an 18th-century Talyzin mansion where the author spent his last few years 1848-1852 and where he burned the manuscript of the second volume of the Dead Souls in a fit 'sent by the devil.'
The Gamblers (1919 film), a 1919 American drama film directed by Paul Scardon; The Gamblers, a 1929 American drama film directed by Michael Curtiz; The Gamblers, a 1950 French film based on the play by Nikolai Gogol; The Gamblers, a 1970 American film directed by Ron Winston and based on Dostoevsky's 1867 novel The Gambler
The description of the street ends abruptly, and the story shifts to the conversation of two acquaintances who have decided to split up to each pursue a different woman seen on the street. The first story told is of a young, romantic painter , Piskarev, who follows a dark-haired woman (whom he likens to Perugino 's Bianca [ a ] ) to what turns ...
1962: Taras Bulba, a Yugoslavian/American film directed by J. Lee Thompson; 1963: The Nose, a short film by Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker using pinscreen animation; 1967: Viy, a horror film made on Mosfilm and based on the Nikolai Gogol story of the same name. 1984: Dead Souls, directed by Mikhail Shveytser
"Dead Souls" was named after the 1842 Nikolai Gogol novel of the same name. [1] The song's lengthy instrumental intro was used to provide lead singer Ian Curtis an opportunity to size up the band's live audiences with his characteristic dancing. Bassist Peter Hook recalled, "He'd never danced in rehearsals. He just started doing it when we were ...