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Excursion "Childhood and Youth of Gogol"

The excursion is dedicated to the youth of the great writer. Participants will learn about the fates of Gogol's sisters, uncover the mystery of his surname, and discover the path the young author took before gaining fame. Every great writer has a time when he was still searching for himself. The excursion at the Gogol House reveals the personal side of the classic's biography, focusing on his childhood, youth, and first steps in St. Petersburg. The guide will explain where the future writer's surname "Gogol" came from in his family, why it was combined with the surname "Yanovsky," and how Nikolai Vasilyevich decided to keep only one part of the surname. The story of the writer's parents will also be highlighted-especially the mysterious circumstances of their marriage and events related to his sisters. The discussion will also cover Gogol's period of study at the Nizhyn Gymnasium of Higher Sciences. It was there that his views and interest in writing began to take shape. The first poem, which he destroyed himself, his first steps in the civil service, and the collection that laid the foundation for his fame-all of this will be part of the excursion narrative. Where to go in Moscow today, KudaGo knows.