Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Nikolai Gogol across 3 places, from 1836.
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Nikolai Gogol was documented, and when
1836 to 1848period
Germanyattested“The Tsar was personally present at the play's premiere, concluding that "there is nothing sinister in the comedy, as it is only a cheerful mockery of bad provincial officials." From 1836 to 1848, Gogol lived abroad, travelling through Ge…”source: Wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
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Parisattested“Gogol spent the winter of 1836–37 in Paris, among Russian expatriates and Polish exiles, frequently meeting the Polish poets Adam Mickiewicz and Bohdan Zaleski.”source: Wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
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Kyivattested“Before 1836, Gogol had planned to move to Kyiv to study Ukrainian ethnography and history, and it was after these plans failed that he decided to become a Russian writer.”source: Wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
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1820 to 1828period
Nezhinmentioned“In 1820, Nikolai Gogol went to a school of higher art in Nezhin (Nizhyn) (now Nizhyn Gogol State University) and remained there until 1828.”source: Wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
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Saint Petersburgmentioned“On leaving school in 1828, Gogol went to Saint Petersburg, full of vague but ambitious hopes.”source: Wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
1836year
Italymentioned“For much of the twelve years from 1836, Gogol was in Italy, where he developed an adoration for Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
1841year
Russian Empirementioned“In 1841, the first part of Dead Souls was ready, and Gogol took it to Russia to supervise its printing.”source: Wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
1842year
Moscowmentioned“It appeared in Moscow in 1842, under a new title imposed by the censorship, The Adventures of Chichikov.”source: Wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
April 1848month
Russian Empirementioned“In April 1848, Gogol returned to Russia from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and passed his last years in restless movement throughout the country.”source: Wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
April 1848month
Jerusalemmentioned“In April 1848, Gogol returned to Russia from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and passed his last years in restless movement throughout the country.”source: Wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
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