Friday, 2 October 2026 · Almaty

In one place it is said that a landowner was ruined by doing up his house in Moscow in the fashionable taste

In one place it is said that a landowner was ruined by doing up his house in Moscow in the fashionable taste
“But the sovereign himself is building a palace in Moscow!” said the censor.

Gogol on the censorship of Dead Souls, 1842

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