Nikolai Gogol's collection Mirgorod contains his most famous and fascinating novellas, differing in genre and content: Old-World Landlords, Viy, Taras Bulba, and Tale of Ivan Ivanovich's Collapse with Ivan Nikiforovich. All the characters of his works are colorful, their portraits are written out with humor inherent in Gogol, and some events are described with sarcasm and satire. In addition to Ni...