Vasily Gogol-Yanovsky
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Vasili Panasovich Gogol-Yanovsky (* 1777 - † 1825) - was the father of the writer Nikolai Gogol
. The landlord of the village of Vasylivka, Gogoleva), Mirgorod Uyezd
, in Poltava oblast
.
Vasili Gogol loved writing stage plays, which were successfully put on by the famous theatre patron Dmitri Troshchynsky.
of Right-Bank Ukraine. The grandfather and great grandfather of Vasily Afanasevich were Orthodox priests. Vasili attended seminary, and then studied at the Kiev Theological Academy
like his father and grandfather. However, he abandoned the religious calling and served in the Imperial Russian Army
as a regimental clerk. He retired with the rank of Major. Vasili Afanasyevich, was an outstanding person (knowing Russian
, Latin, Greek
, German
and Polish
), was raised to the Russian nobility
in 1792 and was granted the aristocratic name "Yanovsky." His social position was further secured by an advantageous marriage. As a dowry
, Gogol-Yanovsky acquired dozens of serf
families, which, according to statements in 1782, totaled 268 individuals.
Having spent some time at the post service, Gogol-Yanovsky left in 1805, with the rank of Collegiate Assessor and retired to his own estate Vasilevka (Yanovschina) to devote himself to farming.
Vasili Afanasyevich was a friend of Dmitri Prokof'evich Troshchinsky, Minister of the State Council, and a distant relative. Vasily Gogol-Yanovsky was the director and actor in the Troshchinsky Home Theater between 1812 and 1825. In this capacity, he wrote several musical comedies based upon Ukrainian culture and folklore
. Vasily Gogol also wrote poems in the Russian and Ukrainian languages. Alexander Danilevsky noted that Vasily Gogol was a "matchless storyteller".
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist.Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of Surrealism...
. The landlord of the village of Vasylivka, Gogoleva), Mirgorod Uyezd
Uyezd
Uyezd or uezd was an administrative subdivision of Rus', Muscovy, Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR which was in use from the 13th century. Uyezds for most of the history in Russia were a secondary-level of administrative division...
, in Poltava oblast
Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava.Other important cities within the oblast include: Komsomolsk, Kremenchuk, Lubny and Myrhorod.-Geography:...
.
Vasili Gogol loved writing stage plays, which were successfully put on by the famous theatre patron Dmitri Troshchynsky.
Biography
According to legend, one ancestor, Ostap Gogol, was famous as a Cossack colonel and HetmanHetman
Hetman was the title of the second-highest military commander in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita....
of Right-Bank Ukraine. The grandfather and great grandfather of Vasily Afanasevich were Orthodox priests. Vasili attended seminary, and then studied at the Kiev Theological Academy
Kiev Theological Academy
The Kievan Theological Academy and Seminary is the oldest college of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is situated in Kiev and traces its history back to 1615, when Yelisey Pletenetsky founded a "brotherhood school" at the Theophany Monastery....
like his father and grandfather. However, he abandoned the religious calling and served in the Imperial Russian Army
Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian army consisted of around 938,731 regular soldiers and 245,850 irregulars . Until the time of military reform of Dmitry Milyutin in...
as a regimental clerk. He retired with the rank of Major. Vasili Afanasyevich, was an outstanding person (knowing Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
, Latin, Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
), was raised to the Russian nobility
Russian nobility
The Russian nobility arose in the 14th century and essentially governed Russia until the October Revolution of 1917.The Russian word for nobility, Dvoryanstvo , derives from the Russian word dvor , meaning the Court of a prince or duke and later, of the tsar. A nobleman is called dvoryanin...
in 1792 and was granted the aristocratic name "Yanovsky." His social position was further secured by an advantageous marriage. As a dowry
Dowry
A dowry is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings forth to the marriage. It contrasts with bride price, which is paid to the bride's parents, and dower, which is property settled on the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice both...
, Gogol-Yanovsky acquired dozens of serf
SERF
A spin exchange relaxation-free magnetometer is a type of magnetometer developed at Princeton University in the early 2000s. SERF magnetometers measure magnetic fields by using lasers to detect the interaction between alkali metal atoms in a vapor and the magnetic field.The name for the technique...
families, which, according to statements in 1782, totaled 268 individuals.
Having spent some time at the post service, Gogol-Yanovsky left in 1805, with the rank of Collegiate Assessor and retired to his own estate Vasilevka (Yanovschina) to devote himself to farming.
Vasili Afanasyevich was a friend of Dmitri Prokof'evich Troshchinsky, Minister of the State Council, and a distant relative. Vasily Gogol-Yanovsky was the director and actor in the Troshchinsky Home Theater between 1812 and 1825. In this capacity, he wrote several musical comedies based upon Ukrainian culture and folklore
Ukrainian folklore
Ukrainian folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in Ukraine and among ethnic Ukrainians. The earliest examples of folklore found in Ukraine is the layer of pan-slavic folklore that dates back to the ancient Slavic mythology of the Eastern Slavs. Gradually, Ukrainians developed a layer...
. Vasily Gogol also wrote poems in the Russian and Ukrainian languages. Alexander Danilevsky noted that Vasily Gogol was a "matchless storyteller".