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A Terrible Vengeance

short story by Nikolai Gogol
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Summary

A Terrible Vengeance is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (548 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Nikolai Gogol[3]
  • Follows: Christmas Eve[4]
  • Followed by: Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt[5]
  • Commons category: A Terrible Vengeance[6]
  • Language of work or name: Russian[7]
  • Publication date: 1831[8]
  • Work available at URL: https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/gogol/rache/rache.html[9]
  • Published in: Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka[10]
  • Title: Страшная чума[11]
  • First line: Шумит, гремит конец Киева: есаул Горобець празднует свадьбу своего сына.[12]
  • Copyright status: public domain[13]
  • Form of creative work: novella[14]

Why It Matters

A Terrible Vengeance has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

literary work Nikolai Gogol public domain

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work
    Form of creative work → novella
    Language of work or name → Russian
    Followed by → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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