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Nikolai Gogol moves to Rome in 1836, …

Years: 1836 - 1836

Nikolai Gogol moves to Rome in 1836, publishing in this year one of his great masterpieces, The Inspector General, a comic drama that ridicules petty officialdom and, by extension, contemporary Russian society.

The work will evoke harsh criticism from conservative elements at its first performance in Saint Petersburg.