Taras Bulba

In this book, two novels by N.V. Gogol (Taras Bulba and Viy) are published from the Mirgorod cycle, which the author conceived, as you know, as a continuation of “Evenings on a farm near Dikanka”, suggesting to further introduce readers from The life and life of Little Russian peasants, Cossacks and small landowners. Gogol moved to the depiction of life of life from funny and romantic paramilks and Divchins, inspired and poetic descriptions of Ukrainian nature.
Preparing the material for Taras Bulba, the writer by grains collected historical episodes, including information from personal archives and unspoken sources. At the same time, laying out the mosaic of the history of Ukraine, the classic broke dry facts with folklore, skillfully mixed historical facts and artistic fiction.
“Viy” - a story about the test of spiritual resistance in the face of hostile, dark forces in the world. Homa to doubt himself, he forgot all his spells and prayers and died ... a fantastic, but very instructive story