The first of April is a birthday of Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol outstanding Russian write. This year is his 200th anniversary. UNESCO called this 2009 year is a year of Nikolai Gogol (You can read a very interesting article about him on UNESCO site.) Next few days we are going to publish some movies and cartoons what were created as adaptation his novels, plays and short stories.

Today we’ll watch a cute cartoon what will explain you a story “The Overcoat” by Gogol. Later we’ll watch a full length old silent movie “The Overcoat“. So this cartoon will help you!