The story "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" is the pinnacle of Russian fiction, the author of which is the unsurpassed writer and playwright Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. It combines several stories about fabulous events that happened on a farm near Dikanka. The most famous is the story "The Night Before Christmas," in which the blacksmith Vakula and the Devil go to St. Petersburg to buy slippers for his beloved Oksana. The story "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" amazes with its fantastic plot, harmoniously combining real and fairy-tale characters. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol is the author of the most famous novel-story "Dead Souls", as well as the greatest works of Russian literature: the stories "The Overcoat", "Taras Bulba", "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka", "The Nose", "Notes of a Madman", " Stroller", "Portrait", "Nevsky Prospekt", the comedy "The Government Inspector", "Marriage" and the collection of stories "Mirgorod". His life and work are filled with mystery and mysticism, thanks to which he was, is and will be the most mysterious writer, a brilliant satirist and an unsurpassed playwright.
