Nikolai Vasilievich (nikaˈlaj vaˈsiljɪvitʃ). 1809–52, Russian novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer. His best-known works are The Government Inspector (1836), a comedy satirizing bureaucracy, and the novel Dead Souls (1842)
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Gogolian (ˌGoˈgolian)
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Gogol in American English
(ˈgɔgɔl; E ˈgoʊgəl)
ˌNikoˈlai Vaˈsilievich (ˌnikɔˈlaɪvɑˈsiljə vɪtʃ) 1809-52; Russ. novelist & dramatist, born in Ukraine