# Quote — Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

> Russia! Russia! I see you now, from my wondrous, beautiful past I behold you! How wretched, dispersed, and uncomfortable everything is about you...

- Author: [Nikolai Gogol](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nikolai-gogol.md)
- Book: [Dead Souls](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nikolai-gogol/dead-souls.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nikolai_Gogol#Dead_Souls_(1842)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/nikolai-gogol/dead-souls/russia-russia-i-see

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