Monument to N.V. Gogol

Gogolev (until 1952 called Kupchin, Kupchinsky, Yanovshchina and Vasilyevka) is the family estate of the great Russian writer N. Gogol (1809-1852), whose life and work are inextricably linked with Ukraine, and especially with Poltava region. The village was founded as a farm Kupchin (Kupchinsky) Shishatskaya hundred Mirgorod regiment in the second half of the XVIII century. In 1781, as a dowry, it was received by T. Lizogub (the writer’s grandmother), who was married to P. Gogol-Yanovsky. At the beginning of the XIX century the estate was inherited by the writer’s parents and became known as Vasilievka in honor of his father, who eventually rebuilt the house, planned the park, built ponds and built the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin. After his death in 1825, the estate was radically rebuilt twice more, first by the writer himself, and then (at the end of the XIX century) by his nephew N. Bykov. In 1943, during the retreat of German troops from Vasilievka, the estate was burned down. To the 150th anniversary of the birth of N. Gogol, the grave of the writer’s parents was put in order. In 1972-1978, the project (head L. Weingort) of the reconstruction of the Gogol-Yanovsky estate was carried out at the Poltava Engineering and Civil Engineering Institute, in 1979 its revival began, and by the 175th anniversary of the writer’s birth in 1984 the Gogol reserve-museum was opened. The main part of the exposition is located in the parental house, the appearance of which and the interiors of the nine rooms were carefully restored according to numerous historical documents, Near it during the opening of the reserve-museum was erected a monument to N. Gogol (sculptor A. Kovalev, architect V. Shevchenko). During the reconstruction of the estate after the death of the writer’s father, the outbuilding was moved from the garden and installed in the right part of the ceremonial courtyard. There is a continuation of the exposition of the museum working room of N. Gogol. The writer stayed in the wing in the last years of his life (1848-1851), when he came to Vasilievka. In a small park, girdled with a surprisingly picturesque stretched duck pond, the rest of the components are located.