Андрей Белый и Гоголь: До Истории становления самосознающей души, в Истории становления самосознающей души и после

The article deals with the relationship between the chapter “Realism: Gogolʼ, Dostoevskii” of Andrei Belyiʼs Istoriia stanovleniia samosoznaiushchei dushi (ISSD) and two of the most important texts in Belyiʼs reception of Gogolʼ – the article ‘Gogol” (1909) and the monograph Gogolʼs Artistry (Masterstvo Gogolia). Based on a comparative analysis of the texts, we can conclude that the chapter “Gogol‴ in ISSD corresponds in all essential details to a distinct section of Belyiʼs ‘Gogol”. This section of the text had existed for a long time in an underground capacity, and represents an important addition to Belyiʼs work on Gogol’. Without taking it into account, it is impossible to assess the entire range of Belyiʼs frequent reflections on Gogolʼ or to reconstruct “Gogolʼs story” in his creative lifetime.