Who Was Alive

Were Nikolai Gogol and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Nikolai Gogol and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 23 or 24 years, from 1828 to 1851–1852.

Nikolai Gogol was 18 or 19 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 23 or 24 when Nikolai Gogol died, aged 42 or 43.

Nikolai Gogol

Russian writer of Ukrainian origin

Born 1808–1809 (Julian calendar) · died 1851–1852 (Julian calendar), aged 42 or 43

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

Born 28 August 1828 (Julian calendar) · died 7 November 1910 (Julian calendar), aged 82

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  2. Nikolai Gogol
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
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Nikolai Gogol and Leo Tolstoy in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.