Mysterious facts from the life of Nikolai Gogol, which we were not told in school Bashny.Net

Gogol’s life has always been shrouded in mysteries and mysteries. Nikolai Vasilyevich has always been an outstanding and intriguing personality. No one knows the whole truth about his life. However, many facts are known, although we were not told about them in school.



Today's edition. "Site" I will share these mysterious facts with you. Some of them are really unexpected!

Many people wrote that Gogol was not himself. As they say, not of this world. Some researchers believe he had a manic-depressive disorder. Others attribute him to obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, no one can say exactly how his mental health was. But the physical is much easier.

Gogol was the third of 11 children born to his mother. Almost all children left the world at a young age. Nicholas was the first survivor. As a child, he was a very sick and frail child. His family treated him like he was seriously ill. During his life, he managed to get sick with everything possible: from otitis to cholera. His letters began and ended with health complaints.



When Gogol was little, he went to his grandmother and asked her to give him some hair. He made belts for his sisters. As he got older, he learned to knit on spokes, often making scarves for himself. They say he even made dresses for his relatives. He also had a real passion for cooking. He knew how to make dumplings, pebbles and other goodies.



His friends recalled that in school years the writer often walked in dirty and stained clothes. Also in the gymnasium, he acquired the habit of filling his pockets with sweets. He took everything he could from the table, and then chewed on gingerbread and pretzels secretly. This habit continued into adulthood. He did not allow servants to carry what was left after tea, he put it in his pockets and gnawed at work.



Everyone knows that Gogol burned the second volume of Dead Souls. But few people know that his passion for burning manuscripts began much earlier. The writer was very complex. And most of all, he was unnerved by the size of his nose and the criticism of his works. In 1829, his poem Gantz Küchelgarten was published. Critics tore her to pieces. Even though she came out under his pseudonym, and his reputation was not threatened, he could not accept the criticism. Gogol bought all the copies of the book and burned them.



Suspicions in non-traditional orientation About this say everyone who is not lazy. But again, no one knows for sure. The only thing we know is that Nikolai Vasilyevich was never married. Many people think he had no relationship with women. But that doesn’t mean he has feelings for men.

The only doubt is his latest work “Night at the Villa”. The attitude of the main character to the sick young man there is too shaky balance between friendship and love. Gogol called the book biographical.



The life of writers is often associated with strange things. Such was the life of Gogol: surrounded by secrets, riddles and incomprehensible things. No one knows what is true and what is a hoax. It spread an incredible number of myths, which eventually become the category of half-truths. But it's not that important. The main thing is that he left behind a huge number of worthy works that we can enjoy.

Which of these facts were unknown to you?