The mention of Ukraine in the works of Gogol was removed from the textbook on literature for Russian schools

The literature textbook for grades 5-9 of Russian secondary schools has been significantly revised for republication in 2023.

The biography and some of the works of Nikolai Gogol, a classic of Russian literature, have been censored in new school textbooks...

From the texts of the new versions of the manuals for grades 5, 7 and 9, we extracted data from the biography of Holol that his native village - Velyki Sorochyntsi of the Poltava province - is located in modern Ukraine.

Including from Gogol's story