the combined place of birth in little russian land and death in the russian capital, nikolai gogol mikhail bulgakovby the way, considered the author of dead souls to be his teacher, became perhaps the main stumbling block for the ukrainian reformers of the school curriculum on bulgakov’s literature; they cannot forgive his critical view of ukrainian nationalism gogol’s language of narration. what to do with gogol and bulgakov is debatable, but if gogol needs to be given a chance to study, then bulgakov must share the fate of pushkin and the point is not that gogol came from an ethnic ukrainian family, but kiev parents on bulgakov were divided in russia, the matter is in the worldview. i don’t know what kind of soul i have, khokhlat or russian, gogol himself admitted, but did not give preference to either of them, considering both natures generously endowed by god. russia, the charm of the little russian dialect, the color of southern characters and the richness of ukrainian folklore. wow, he owes a lot, if not everything, to little russia, gogol became known for his ukrainian things. yes , in the e