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Monument to the writer M. V. Gogol
Full name of the monument :

Monument to the writer M. V. Gogol

Region :
Chernihiv region
Address of the monument :
Nizhyn, Gogol Park
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1881 рік
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Imperial period from XVIIІ centuries to 1918
Artist(s) :
P. P. Zabila
Sculptor
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Social status :
intellectuals
Size :
The bust is 0.9 m high; the pedestal is 2.7 m high.
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Gogol ...it is determined to me by a marvellous power...to look at life through laughter visible to the world and tears invisible to it !’. ‘Born in Malorossiya on 19 March 1809. He was brought up in the gymnasium of higher sciences of Prince Bezborodko from 1821 to 1828. Died in Moscow on 21 February 1852. Buried in Moscow's Danilov Monastery
Language(s) of the text :
Other(s)
Narrative commemorates :
Imperial era
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Nizhyn District Council
Institution’s website :
https://nizhyn-rayrada.cg.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The monument was erected at public expense. The initiators of the monument were former graduates of the Bezborodko Lyceum, teachers and students of the Nizhyn Historical and Philological Institute, and the leading citizens of Nizhyn. In 1880, a committee was set up to raise funds for the monument. A total of 8,905 rubles was raised.