Abstract: "The Night Before Christmas", Gogol N.V.

"The Night Before Christmas" Gogol NV included in the series "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka". The events in the work take place during the reign of Catherine II, precisely in the period when, after the work of the Commission, which was engaged in the abolition of the Zaporozhye Sich, Cossacks appeared to it.

"Christmas Eve". Gogol N. V. Promise of Vakula

The last Christmas day came to an end. There was a clear frosty night. Nobody can see how a couple is flying in the sky: a witch collects stars into a sleeve, and the devil steals a month. Cossacks Sverbyguz, Chub, Head and some others are going to visit the clerk. He will celebrate Christmas. Oksana, 17-year-old daughter of Chub, whose beauty was spoken throughout Dikanka, was left alone at home. She was just dressing up when Vakula, the smith in love with the girl, entered the house. Oksana treated him sternly. At this time hilarious, noisy girls burst into the hut. Oksana began to complain to them that she had no one to give them. Vakula promised to get them to her, and such, which not every pannochki have. Oksana at all gave the floor to marry Vakul, if he would bring her such a cherevichki, like the queen herself. The spirit-smith went home.

"The Night Before Christmas", Gogol N. V. Guests at Solokha

At that time, his Head came to his mother. He said that he did not go to the clerk because of the blizzard. There was a knock at the door. His head did not want to be caught by Solokha and hid in a sack of coal. The deacon pounded. It turns out that no one came to him at all, and he also decided to spend time in the house of Solokha. There was a knock at the door again. This time the Cossack Chub came. Solokha hid the deacon in a sack. But Chub did not have time to tell about the purpose of his arrival, as someone knocked again. It came home Vakula. Not wanting to face him, Chub climbed into the same bag that the deacon had climbed up to him. Before Solokha could close the door for her son, Sverbyguz came up to the house. Since there was nowhere to hide it, she went out to talk to him in the garden. The blacksmith did not get out of his head Oksana. But nevertheless he noticed the sacks in the hut and decided to clean them before the holiday. On the street at this time in full swing went the fun: songs, carols were heard. Among the laughter and conversation of the girls, the smith heard the voice of his beloved. He ran out into the street, resolutely approached Oksana, said goodbye to her and said that in this world she would not see him again.

"The Night Before Christmas", Gogol N.V. Help the devil

Having run through several houses, Vakula cooled down and decided to ask for help from Patsyuk, a former Zaporozhye, who was considered strange and lazy. In his hut, the smith saw that the owner was sitting with his mouth open, and the dumplings themselves plunged into sour cream and sent to his mouth. Vakula told Patsyuk about his misfortune, said that in such despair he was ready to turn to the devil. On these words the unclean appeared in the hut and promised to help. They jumped out into the street. Vakula caught the devil by the tail and ordered him to carry him to the queen in Petersburg. At this time Oksana, saddened by the words of the blacksmith, regretted that she was too harsh with the boy. Finally, everyone noticed the sacks that Vakula had long ago carried out into the street. The girls decided that there was a lot of good. But when they unleashed them, they found the Cossack Chuba, the Head and the deacon. They laughed and joked about this incident the whole evening.

NV Gogol, "The Night Before Christmas". Contents: at the reception of the queen

Vakula flies in the starry sky on the line. At first he was afraid, but then he was so brave that he even made fun of the devil. Soon they arrived in St. Petersburg, and then in the palace. There at the reception of the tsarina were just Cossacks. Vakula joined them. The smith expressed his request to the queen, and she ordered him to take out the most expensive embroidered gold shoes.

Retelling. Gogol, "The Night Before Christmas": the return of Vakula

In Dikanka began to say that the smith either drowned, or accidentally drowned. Oksana did not believe these rumors, but she was still upset and scolded herself. She realized that she fell in love with this guy. The next morning they served the matins, then the mass, and only after it appeared Vakula with the promised swirls. He asked Oksana's father permission to send matchmakers, and then showed the girl a cormorant. But she said that she did not need them, because she was without them ... Then Oksana did not finish and flushed.