"Evenings on farm near Dikan"ka" (1831-1832), one of the first products of great Russian writer N.V.Gogol, enters the reader into the picturesque cheerful world of a national ukrainian life where real characters and exact household sketches adjoin to fantastic, fantastic stories with evil spirit participation. "Evenings" have received Pushkin"s appreciation, and today it continues to give pleasure to readers of different age.