The Nose

1835 short story by Nikolai Gogol
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The Nose
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Summary

The Nose is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,510 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Nikolai Gogol[3]
  • Commons category: The Nose (Nikolai Gogol)[4]
  • Language of work or name: Russian[5]
  • Country of origin: Russian Empire[6]
  • Inception: 1832[7]
  • Publication date: 1836[8]
  • Has edition or translation: Q27517496[9], Le Nez[10], The Nose[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Nose (Nikolai Gogol)[12]
  • Published in: Petersburg Tales[13]
  • Title: Нос[14]
  • Different from: The Nose[15], Le nez[16]
  • First line: Марта 25 числа случилось в Петербурге необыкновенно странное происшествие.[17]
  • Last line: Кто что ни говори, а подобные происшествия бывают на свете, — редко, но бывают.[18]
  • Derivative work: The Nose[19]
  • Copyright status: public domain[20]
  • Form of creative work: short novel[21], novella[22]

Why It Matters

The Nose has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'hy', 'it', '
    Sitelink count → 30
    Bookbrainz work id → ec6e747f-344d-4c37-b644-f2157ab3ec5c
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 17w ago · InventaireBot bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open library id → OL8791626W
    Different from → The Nose, Le nez
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Open library id: OL8791626W, add claims: P648"
  3. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Author → Nikolai Gogol
    Language of work or name → Russian
    Has edition or translation → Q27517496, Le Nez, The Nose
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:دی نوز (گوگول شارٹ اسٹوری)]]"
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