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The Portrait

short story by Nikolai Gogol
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Summary

The Portrait is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,148 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Nikolai Gogol[3]
  • Genre: fantasy literature[4]
  • Commons category: The Portrait (Nikolai Gogol)[5]
  • Language of work or name: Russian[6]
  • Country of origin: Russia[7]
  • Inception: 1833[8]
  • Publication date: 1835[9]
  • Published in: Petersburg Tales[10]
  • Title: Портрет[11]
  • First line: Нигде не останавливалось столько народа, как перед картинною лавочкою на Щукином дворе.[12]
  • Derivative work: The Portrait[13]
  • Copyright status: public domain[14]
  • Form of creative work: novella[15]

Why It Matters

The Portrait has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

literary work Nikolai Gogol public domain Russia

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'mk', 'no', 'p
    Bookbrainz work id → 34f5ec3f-af45-42d5-ae64-dbbfb414cca6
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 21w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → —
    Form of creative work → novella
    Country of origin → Russia
    Language of work or name → Russian
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Genre: fantasy literature, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect speculative fiction literature → fantasy literature ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect"
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