Taras Bulba
by Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ · first published 1900
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For a better understanding of Zaporozian Cossacks I recommend Taras Bulba from Gogol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Bulba
on “Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks” ↗…know from Russian literature, when the father says to his son: I have created you, but now I must kill you Actually that's a quote from ukrainian author (Gogol) depicting historical events in Ukraine in Taras Bulba [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Bulba
on “Ivan Krastev on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine” ↗…disagreeing with you overall though, Gogol had so many massively impactful works, it is hard to neatly pack his work as "here are his 2-3 monumental pieces everyone knows", he has way too many of those. "Taras Bulba", as you've mentioned, is extremely different from the two i listed above, but there are just as many people who know Gogol exclusively for that. And that can be said about half of his works imo. Then…
on “Don’t Blame Dostoyevsky” ↗