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Nikolay Gogol
Ukrainian-born humorist, novelist, and dramatist Nikolay Gogol, 19th-century photographic print.
In the story Taras Bulba by Nikolay Gogol, the younger son, Andriy, falls in love with a Polish noblewoman. His romantic devotion leads him to betray his Cossack heritage by joining the garrison of a Polish town that is under siege by his own people. As a consequence of this betrayal, he is caught and killed by his father, Taras Bulba, who shoots him.1