TO THE "HISTORY OF TWO IVANS" BY N.V. GOGOL
The article is devoted to the main characters of the "Tale of how Ivan Ivanovich quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich" (1834) by N.V. Gogol. The focus is on the creative history of the story, its assessment by A.S. Pushkin, the reasons for serious censorship, the diverse links of the text with the work of V.T. Narezhniy and popular Western European works. Such similarities and parallels helped the reader evaluate the heroes, their actions and see a satirical picture of the moral diseases of Russian society.