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The Government Inspector
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The Government Inspector, also known as The Inspector General, is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the play was revised for an 1842 editi
Cover of the first edition, with archaic spelling Ревизоръ
Cover of the first edition, with archaic spelling Ревизоръ
A stamp depicting "The Government Inspector",2009
A stamp depicting "The Government Inspector",2009
The "silent scene" from Gogol's own drawing
The "silent scene" from Gogol's own drawing
Anton Antonovich, played by Fyodor Paramonov [ru], has many reasons to be worried about a visit from the inspector general (Maly Theatre (Moscow), 190
Anton Antonovich, played by Fyodor Paramonov [ru], has many reasons to be worried about a visit from the inspector general (Maly Theatre (Moscow), 1905.
Old Believers
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Old Believers or Old Ritualists is the common term for numerous religious communities that maintain the old liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church, as they were before the refo
The Government Inspector
…He also flirts outrageously with the Mayor's wife and daughter. Sick and tired of the Mayor's ludicrous demands for bribes, the town's Jewish and Old Believer merchants arrive, begging Khlestakov to have him dismissed from his post. Stunned at the Mayor's rapacious corruption, Khlestakov states that he deserves…
A leaflet from the Morozov Apocalypse, a Pomorian manuscript from circa 1820 commissioned by the prominent Morozov family, depicting a scene from Book
A leaflet from the Morozov Apocalypse, a Pomorian manuscript from circa 1820 commissioned by the prominent Morozov family, depicting a scene from Book of Revelation.
Members of the Pomorian accord, 19th century.
Members of the Pomorian accord, 19th century.
Old Believer women in Tarbagatay, Buryatia.
Old Believer women in Tarbagatay, Buryatia.
Patriarch Nikon and Tsar Alexis ordering the revision of liturgy. A painting by Aleksey Kivshenko.
Patriarch Nikon and Tsar Alexis ordering the revision of liturgy. A painting by Aleksey Kivshenko.