and The Infidel.
Срезневский, Izmail Ivanovich Sreznevsky (1812–1880), Russian specialist in Slavonic studies and ethnographer; member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
светлица (arch.), the finest room of a house.
реляция (arch.), written despatch on the progress of hostilities.
Потоцкий, Nikolai Potocki (7-1651), Ukrainian hetman who fought Bogdan Khmelnitsky (see Notes to Ch. 1) and was defeated by him. Stanislaw Potocki (1579–1667), Ukrainian hetman who also fought Bogdan Khmelnitsky.
Остряница (Остраница), Ostranitsa, one of the leaders of the Cossack troops who fought the Poles. He was put to death in Warsaw in 1638.
Ефремов, Alexander Pavlovich Yefremov (1814–1876), member of Stankevich's philosophical circle and Belinsky’s friend; professor of geography at Moscow University.
Садовский, Prov Mikhailovich Sadovsky (1818–1872), actor of the Maly Theatre in Moscow who founded a famous dynasty of actors.
Булгарин, Faddei Venediktovich Bulgarin (1789–1859), Russian writer and journalist with reactionary leanings, who published the newspaper Severnaya pchela (the Northern Bee) and the magazine Syn otechestva (Son of Our Country).
Сенковский, Osip Ivanovich Senkovsky (1800–1858), Russian writer, critic, journalist and Orientalist; he edited and published the magazine Biblioteka dlya chteniya (Reader's Library).
Греч, Nikolai Ivanovich Grech (1787–1867), Russian writer, journalist and philologist; at one time he was the copublisher of Severnaya pchela and Syn otechestva.
Павлов, Nikolai Filippovich Pavlov (1803–1864), Russian writer, poet and critic.
Шевырёв, Stepan Petrovich Shevyryov (1806–1864), Russian critic, poet, specialist in literature and a journalist; professor at Moscow University, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Гофман, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffman (1776–1822), German romantic writer, author of Der Goldene Topf, Klein Zaches, Meister Floh, Kater Murr, etc.
Тик, Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853), German romantic writer, author of comedies (Der Gestiefelte Kater and Der Blaubart), stories, etc.
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духом (coll.), very quickly, in a jiffy.
Свиньин, Pavel Petrovich Svinyin (1787–1839), Russian writer and collector of antiquities.
Бессарабия (hist.), Bessarabia area in the Dniester-Pruth interfluve. At present its principal part is incorporated
in the Moldavian SSR, and its southern part, in the Odessa Region of the Ukrainian SSR.
Соллогуб, Vladimir Alexandrovich Sollogub (1813–1882), Russian writer, author of the novel The Tarantass.
Вяземский, Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky (1792–1878), Russian writer, poet and critic; he was a close friend of Pushkin.
Розен, Yegor Fyodorovich Rosen (1800–1860), Russian poet and dramatist.
фризовый (hist.), frieze, a heavy durable fabric with a rough surface.
пустить пыль в глаза (phras.), to deceive, to produce a false impression.
завязка, an episode that introduces the plot (the opposite of denouement).
Герцен, Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (1812–1870), Russian writer, philosopher and revolutionary figure. Author of the novel Who Is to Blame? the memoirs My Past and Thoughts, the philosophical treatises Dilettantism in Science, Letters on the Study of Nature, etc.
Сосницкий, Ivan Ivanovich Sosnitsky (1794–1871), Russian actor who excelled in comedies and vaudevilles.
Каратыгин, Pyotr Andreyevich Karatygin (1805–1879), Russian comic actor. He also composed and translated vaudevilles. Brother of the great tragic actor Vasily Karatygin.
Григорьев, Pyotr Ivanovich Grigoryev (Grigoryev I; 1806–1871), Russian actor, author of comedies and vaudevilles. He adapted the second volume of Gogol’s Dead Souls for the stage under the title The Adventures of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov.
Панаева, Avdotya Yakovlevna Panayeva (Golovacheva; 1820–1893), Russian writer, author of a famous book of reminiscences.
Смирнова, Alexandra Osipovna Smirnova, nee Rosset (1809–1882), maid of honour of the Russian empress, was on friendly terms with both Pushkin and Gogol.
Виельгорский, Mikhail Yuryevich Vyelgorsky (1788–1856), Russian statesman, patron of the arts and amateur composer.
Крылов, Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (1769–1844), Russian writer renowned for his fables.
Тургенев, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883). Russian writer, author of Sketches of a Sportsman, the novels Rudin, A Nest of the Gentry, On the Eve, Fathers and Sons, Smoke, Virgin Land and other works.
Дюр, Nikolai Osipovich Dyur (1807–1839), Russian comic and vaudeville actor, who excelled in the parts of light-minded dandies and comic old men.
Афанасьев, Alexander Ivanovich Afanasyev (1808–1842), Russian comic actor who played in Moscow; later joined the company of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
Вигель, Filipp Filippovich Vigel (1786–1856), high-ranking official who was close to Russian literary circles and left interesting reminiscences.
Стасов, Vladimir Vasilyevich Stasov (1824–1906), Russian art and music critic, who upheld the Realist trend.
Андросов, Vasily Petrovich Androsov (1803–1841), Russian journalist and statistician. He worked for the magazine Moskovsky nablyudatel (The Moscow Observer) and later became its editor.
щекотливо, here: acutely, sensitively.
вояж (arch.), journey, voyage.
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фабула, the plot of a literary work.
Сервантес, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish writer of the Renaissance, author of the novel Galatea, a book of short stories (Novelas Ejemplares), the tragedy Numancia, etc. It is Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote that made him world famous.
плевать (coll.), here: to treat with contempt, to disregard.
аплодисмент, at present this word is used only in the plural: аплодисме́нты (applause).
вотще (arch.), in vain, for nothing.
Бремен, Оснабрюк, Дюссельдорф, Ахен, Кельн,
Майнц, Франкфурт-на-Майне, Баден-Баден, Bremen, Osnabrück, Düsseldorf, Aachen, Cologne, Mainz, Frankfort on the Main, Baden-Baden (towns in Germany).
Балабина, Maria Petrovna Balabina (1820–1901; married nаmе Vagner), Gogoi’s pupil. The Balabin family took a keen interest in both art and science, and treated Gogol with unfailing friendliness.
Репнина, Varvara Nikolayevna Repnina (1808–1891), maid of honour, a relative of the Balabins. It was through them that Gogol met her at Baden-Baden in 1836.
летопись (hist.), annual chronicle of historical events that took place in a country, a town, etc. Неге, used metaphorically to mean a detailed, thorough description.
меценат, a munificent patron of the arts or sciences (from Maecenas, a statesman of ancient Rome who supported writers).
Генуя, Флоренция, Рим, Genoa, Florence, Rome— Italian cities. In Gogol’s time, Rome was still the capital of the Papal States.
виа (//. via), Street.
Пантеон, the Panthéon, a monument of Ancient Rome: temple dedicated to all the gods.
Крепость Святого ангела, a Roman monument; initially a mausoleum, the Castle of S. Angelo sheltered the Popes in the Middle Ages in times of trouble or enemy invasion.
Собор Святого Петра, St. Peter’s Cathedra 1, one of Rome's finest cathedrals, consecrated in 1626.
Турин, Turin, city in Northern Italy.
страда Ut. strada), Street.
Ива́нов, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806–1858), Russian artist who lived in Italy from 1831 to 1858. His main work is the monumental Christ Appearing to the People.
Толстой, Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875), Russian writer and poet, author of the popular historical novel Prince Serebryany, the trilogy The Death of Ivan the Terrible, Tsar Fyodor loannovich, Tsar Boris, etc.
Волконская, Zinaida Alexandrovna Volkonskaya (1792–1862), Russian writer, composer and singer. She ieft Russta to hve in Italy in 1829.
Микеланджело Буонарроти, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the Renaissance. He painted the vault frescoes in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgement composition in the same chapel, and sculpted the monumental statues David, Moses, etc. He also supervised the building of St. Peter’s Cathedral.
Бернини, Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), Italian architect and sculptor of the Baroque. He designed the colonnade of St. Peter’s Cathedral.
Гольдони, Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793), Italian dramatist who founded the Italian national comedy. Among his comedies are 11 Servitore di Due Padroni (The Servant of Two Masters), La Vedova Sceltra (The Clever Widow), La Locandora (The Mistress of the Inn).
Белли, Gioacchino Giuseppe Belli (1791–1873), Italian poet who left more than 2000 sonnets.
Карамзин, Andrei Nikolayevich Karamzin (1814–1854), son of Nikolai Karamzin; a military officer, retired as colonel of the Guards; he lived abroad during 1836-37.
Карамзин, Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766–1826), Russian writer, historian and journalist. Leading Sentimentalist writer, famous for such works as Letters of a Russian Traveller, Poor Liza, and Bornholm Island. His main historical research is the twelve-volumed History of the Russian State.
Тургенев, Alexander Ivanovich Turgenev (1784–1845), Russian man of letters, student of literary monuments and public figure, who spent many years living abroad.
Тургенев, Nikolai Ivanovich Turgenev (1789–1871). Russian statesman and public figure; for his part in the Decembrist movement he was given the death sentence in his absence, and thus became a political exile.