The Order of Vladimir, Third Class

The Order of Vladimir, Third Class (Template:Lang-ru; Vladimir tret'jej stepeni) is an unfinished play by Nikolai Gogol, which he worked on between 1832 and 1834. It survives only in four fragments: "An Official's Morning", "The Lawsuit", "The Servants' Quarters" and "Fragment". Each fragment follows the official Barsukov, in search of his dream to receive a decoration, the Order of Vladimir. According to Gogol's contemporaries, a lost scene showed Barsukov in front of a mirror in which he sees the decoration, finally believing he is the decoration.^[1]^[2]

Surviving scenes

"An Official's Morning"

"The Lawsuit"

This scene, or subplot, concerns the lawsuit brought against Barsukov by his brother regarding the inheritance from their aunt. The scene is the base of the opera The Lawsuit.

"The Servants' Quarters"

"Fragment"

References

^ Donald Fanger The Creation of Nikolai Gogol - 2009 -0674036697 Page 127 "Vladimir of the Third Class survives in the form of three scenes, one of them (“The Morning of a Busy Man”) published in The Contemporary in 1836, subtitled “Petersburg Scenes,” the other two (“The Lawsuit” and “The Servants' Quarters”) only ..."
^ Nikolay Gogol - Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, & Selected ...014191002X 2005 "The play, The Order of Vladimir, Third Degree (1832–4), remains in only four fragments ('An Official's Morning', 'The Lawsuit', 'The Servants' Quarters'and 'Fragment')."

[1] Donald Fanger The Creation of Nikolai Gogol - 2009 -0674036697 Page 127 "Vladimir of the Third Class survives in the form of three scenes, one of them (“The Morning of a Busy Man”) published in The Contemporary in 1836, subtitled “Petersburg Scenes,” the other two (“The Lawsuit” and “The Servants' Quarters”) only ..."

[2] Nikolay Gogol - Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, & Selected ...014191002X 2005 "The play, The Order of Vladimir, Third Degree (1832–4), remains in only four fragments ('An Official's Morning', 'The Lawsuit', 'The Servants' Quarters'and 'Fragment')."

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Bibliography
Novels	Dead Souls Taras Bulba
Plays	The Government Inspector Marriage The Gamblers The Order of Vladimir, Third Class
Short story collections	Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka Mirgorod Arabesques
Short stories	Preface to Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka "The Fair at Sorochyntsi" "St. John's Eve" "May Night, or the Drowned Maiden" "The Lost Letter: A Tale Told by the Sexton of the N...Church" "Christmas Eve" "A Terrible Vengeance" "Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt" "A Bewitched Place" "The Old World Landowners" "Viy" "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich" "The Portrait" "Nevsky Prospekt" "Diary of a Madman" "The Nose" "The Carriage" "The Overcoat"