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Year: 1835 Genre: story

Main characters: Khoma Brut and lady

Khoma Brut, to his misfortune, met a witch who saddled him like a horse and rushed across the fields on horseback. Having managed to free himself, the guy managed to climb onto the old woman herself and began to beat her with a log, trying to break out from under her spell. Later, he was forced to read prayers over the body of the lady, but, as it turned out, this was the same witch who wanted revenge for her death. Khoma had to spend three nights over the coffin with the lady in desperate attempts to escape from her spells. On the last night, the witch called Viy, who sent his entire pack towards the already gray-haired guy, and from fear Khoma died on the spot.

The forces of good and evil are waging a constant struggle for human souls. The unequal struggle with evil spirits, which the hero Khoma Brut enters into, leads him to death, despite the fact that he desperately fought against black power and even managed to deceive the witch. The author shows that even persistent heroic natures are not always able to escape from the captivity of hostile black forces.

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From the first month of summer, the holidays began, and the seminarians went home. They walked in a huge crowd through the fields, dumping food into a bag. Slowly everyone dispersed to their homes, and the crowd became smaller and smaller. And so there were 3 students left along the road: Khalyava, Khoma Brut and Tiberiy Gorobets. The food supplies ran out, so the guys decided to go to the village. But, leaving the road, they got lost. Soon they saw a farm. They knocked on the first house and begged the old woman to let them in for the night.

The philosopher went to bed, when suddenly an old woman came in to him: her eyes were shining, her hands were in different directions. The guy was scared and wanted to run, but he realized that he couldn’t move his arms and legs. The old woman sat on his back and rode him like a horse. The philosopher realized that this was a witch. Khoma began to say all the prayers he knew, the witch loosened her grip, and the jumps became slower. He managed to jump out from under the old woman, climbed onto her back, grabbed a log along the way and began to hit her on the back with it. The old woman weakened and fell to the ground. Khoma looked into her face - and there was a beauty with eyes full of tears. Pity overwhelmed the guy, and in a gloomy mood he decided to rush to Kyiv.

Rumors spread around the city about the daughter of one centurion: she came from a walk covered in bruises, is now dying and wants the prayers to be read at the grave by seminarian Khoma Brut. Having learned about this, Khoma ran out of the seminary, jumped into the Cossack chaise and set off with them on the road. At night they arrived at a farm and decided to stay for the night. Khoma looked around the area and realized that this was the centurion’s farm. He decided to run away, but they stopped him, saying that the centurion was waiting for the philosopher at his place. Bursak tried to explain that he often sinned, and it was not right for him to pray near the girl’s body. The centurion threatened that if the guy refused, he would be in trouble, but if he fulfilled the lady’s last wish, he would be rewarded.

Bursak decided to wait three days and read all the prayers. He did not dare look at the deceased. It became very quiet, and Khoma noticed that the centurion had already left. Slowly, fearfully, he turned his head and looked at the girl. He was overcome with horror: it was that same witch! She lay there just like she was alive, striking with her beauty.

The sun was setting, and the coffin with the dead woman was carried into the church. Afterwards everyone went to dinner. People began to whisper that the lady was a witch. Spirid decided to tell Khoma about Mikita. Either he himself fell in love, or perhaps the lady enchanted him, but from then on everything fell out of Mikita’s hands. One day a girl came to him and asked: “Can I put my foot on you?” The lover was delighted, grabbed her by both legs and galloped like a horse. He returned barely alive. Some time passed, and instead they found only a handful of ash. Then Dorosh told about how the lady, turning into a dog, entered the house and bit the child to death.

Night fell, and Khoma had to go to church. Looking at the lady, he was amazed at her beauty and suddenly saw a drop of blood frozen on her cheek. The guy began to read prayers, when suddenly the dead woman stood up and began to wander around the church with her eyes closed and her arms outstretched. Khoma realized that she was looking for him and drew a circle around himself. The lady could not cross the line he drew. After standing near the circle, the lady in a rage lay back in the coffin, which began to quickly fly around the church. Then the rooster crowed and the coffin lid slammed shut.

The second night came, and the student of dreams was locked alone in the church. He immediately drew a circle around himself and sat down to read prayers. When Khoma looked up, it turned out that the lady was already standing at the very edge of the circle. She still could not catch the philosopher and began to read terrible spells. From her incoherent words a noise and roar arose, but the rooster crowed again. During that night, the guy's hair turned gray.

On the third night, Khoma immediately drew a circle and began to read. The witch began to pronounce curses. All sorts of evil spirits were running around in the church, and the lady squealed: “Bring Viy!” A heavyset man with eyelids drooping to the floor came out to them, all his hands were in the ground, and his face was iron. Viy loudly asked to lift his eyelids. Khoma could not stand it and looked at him. Viy immediately shouted, showing everyone where Khoma was. Everyone immediately rushed at the poor philosopher, and he died of fear at that very second.

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The most anticipated event for seminarians is graduation from seminary. Small groups of seminarians travel from Kyiv, earning food by singing spiritual songs in rich villages.

Three seminarians - Khalyava, Khoma Brut and Tiberiy Gorobets lose their way in the darkness and go to the farm. The old landlady allows the seminarians to spend the night, but with one condition - everyone will sleep in separate place. Home Brutus gets a sheep shed. Trying to sleep, Brutus notices that an old woman has entered the barn. She sparkles with her eyes, catches Brutus and climbs onto his shoulders. Khoma understands that this is a witch, but she is already flying above the ground with him. Brutus tries to remember all the prayers, while feeling that the witch is weakening. Dodging, Brutus manages to jump out from under the witch. He immediately jumps on her back, grabs a block of wood and begins to beat the old witch with it. She screams and soon falls to the ground, but immediately turns into a young girl who lies in front of Brutus with her death groans. In horror, Khoma rushes as fast as she can back to Kyiv.

The rector of the seminary summons Brutus and gives him orders to go to a distant farm to a rich centurion to read the prayers of departure - his daughter returned from a walk severely beaten. The young girl’s last wish was for Khoma to read the funeral service for her for three days. So that he would not slip away along the road, a wagon and 6 big men were sent especially for him. When Khoma gets to the farm, the centurion is curious about how he knows his daughter and where they met. Brutus himself does not know this, but when he approaches the coffin, he recognizes a witch in the dead girl.

During dinner, Khoma listens to many stories about the tricks of the young witch. Closer to night, he is taken to the church with a coffin, where he is locked. He approaches the choir to read prayers and draws a circle around himself. While reading prayers, the witch rises from the coffin, but cannot overcome the circle line. She lies down in the coffin and begins to fly in it, but Khoma is under the protection of prayers and a delineated circle. The coffin falls and the witch's green corpse appears, but the rooster's crow causes the witch to fall back into the coffin. The lid slams shut.

During the day, Khoma sleeps off, gets drunk and wanders around the farm, but the closer the evening gets, the more obese he becomes. In the evening he is taken to church again. There he again draws a circle around himself and begins to read the prayer loudly. The witch’s corpse is already very close, she stands and looks at him with her dead eyes, muttering curses and spells, whose power generates wind inside the church, and a horde of evil spirits begins to break through the doors. But, with the first cry of the rooster, evil retreats again. Khoma turns gray from fear, and in the morning he is found barely alive. Khoma begs the centurion to let him go, but he does not give in to persuasion and only threatens with terrible punishment for disobedience. Then Khoma decides to run away, but gets caught.

The third and final night begins. The unbearable silence inside the church is broken by the clanging of the iron coffin lid. The witch clatters her teeth, spews out spells with a squeal, doors fall off their hinges and a horde of various monsters makes their way inside, bringing the noise of wings and the scratching of claws. With the remaining strength, Khoma reads prayers.

The witch demands that Viya be brought to her. A terrible, short monster with an iron face walks into the church with heavy steps. This leader of evil spirits orders to raise his iron eyelids. Khoma’s inner voice tells him not to look, but he can’t control himself and looks. Viy points his finger at Khoma and says: “Here he is!” Immediately all the evil spirits rush at Khoma and the spirit leaves his body. The second time a rooster crows, the evil spirits heard his first cry. They rush to their heels, but it’s too late The church remains forever with evil spirits stuck in the windows and doors. It is overgrown with weeds and now no one will ever find the way to it.

Khoma's friends - Tiberius and Khalyava - learn about his fate and begin to remember him in Kyiv. After the third glass, the friends come to the conclusion that the philosopher died because of fear.

“Viy” is one of the mystical stories by N.V. Gogol, the main events of which take place in the author’s homeland. The plot of the book is based on Ukrainian folklore. Brief retelling“Viya,” of course, will not be able to convey all the beauty of Gogol’s prose, but every reader will be able to quickly recall pages read long ago in their memory. The short story will speed up your preparation for exams.

(593 words) Vacancies are the event that seminarians have been looking forward to most. Finally, the bursaks (state-funded seminarians) were sent home. On the way from Kyiv, they organized spiritual chants in rich farmsteads to earn a piece of bread.

One night, having lost their way, seminarians Khalyava, Khoma Brut and Tiberiy Gorobets wander into a farmstead. There they meet an old woman who invites the young men to spend the night in her house, but on the condition that each of them settles in his own place. The tired Khoma was just about to fall asleep in the empty sheepfold when the owner suddenly appears. Her eyes sparkled with some strange brilliance, and Khoma realized that he could not move from his place. And at that same second the old woman jumped on the young man’s back and hit him on the side with a broom. Surely the grandmother turned out to be a witch! Brutus begins to recite prayers and spells, feeling that this helps weaken the old woman. After waiting a moment, Khoma jumped on her back and began to beat the witch with a log. The old woman screamed and, exhausted, fell to the ground. Brutus couldn't believe his eyes:

“Before him lay a beauty, with a disheveled luxurious braid, with long eyelashes like arrows.”

A strange feeling took possession of Khoma, and he rushed to run with all his might back to Kyiv.

There the rector calls him and orders him to go to the centurion, whose daughter died as a result of terrible beatings. Before her death, the girl asked that Khoma Brut read the prayers for her. A wagon was sent for the student, accompanied by six Cossacks, so that he would not try to escape along the road. Upon arrival, Brutus was immediately taken to the centurion for questioning. Khoma insisted to the master that he did not know either his daughter or the reason for her desire. However, upon seeing the deceased, the young man is horrified to recognize her as the same witch from the farm.

During the meal, the Cossacks share stories about the pranks of the young lady. At night, the student is brought to the church where the dead girl lies, and the door is locked behind Khoma. Brutus could not take his eyes off the young witch; her face was frightening with its harsh beauty:

“It was alive, and to the philosopher it seemed as if she was looking at it with closed eyes.”

Trying to calm down, the seminarian began to read prayers at the top of his voice. Suddenly the deceased rose from the coffin...

With her eyes closed, she was already moving straight towards the reader. Khoma, in horror, draws a circle around herself and casts spells against evil spirits. Pannochka approached the line, but was unable to cross it. As soon as the witch lay back in the coffin, it fell off and “and began to fly throughout the church with a whistle,” but even so she was not able to destroy Brutus’ defense. The rooster's crow interrupted nightmare, and the coffin lid instantly slammed shut.
During the day, Khoma tried to distract himself from the horrors of the night: he slept until lunch, drank vodka, and walked around the farm, but by evening his calmness recedes. The student is taken to church again. Immediately drawing a circle, Brutus prays loudly, but the dead girl is already standing very close and staring at him with green eyes. The witch's terrible spells summoned countless evil spirits and a piercing wind. And again the morning crow of a rooster interrupted the demonic behavior. The gray-haired seminarian is found barely alive. He begs the centurion to release him from work, but the master threatens with terrible punishment and again locks the seminarian in the church.

The silence of the third night is instantly broken by the torn iron lid of the coffin. Chaos began: magic words screeched from the witch’s lips, doors flew off their hinges, and demons filled the entire space of the church. At the lady's cry, a monster appeared with eyelids lowered to the ground. “Don't look!” - flashed through Brutus’s head, but the reader could not resist. Viy immediately saw Khoma, and the whole pack rushed at the unfortunate man. The seminarian falls to the floor, and “immediately the spirit flew out of him out of fear.” Before the spirits had time to disappear before dawn, they remained forever in the church.

The news of Khoma's death reached Kyiv, where Tiberius and Khalyava commemorated his soul, noting that Brutus died because he was afraid.

The most long-awaited event for the seminary is vacancies, when bursaks (official seminarians) go home. In groups they are sent from Kyiv to high road, earning food by singing spiritual songs in wealthy farmsteads.

Three students: the theologian Khalyava, the philosopher Khoma Brut and the rhetorician Tiberius Gorobets, having lost their way in the night, go to the farm. The old woman hostess allows the students to spend the night on the condition that she will put everyone in different places. Khoma Brut is about to fall asleep dead in the empty sheep barn, when suddenly an old woman enters. With sparkling eyes, she catches Khoma and jumps onto his shoulders. “Hey, it’s a witch,” the student guesses, but he’s already rushing over the ground, sweat rolling off him like a hail. He begins to remember all the prayers and feels that the witch is weakening. With the speed of lightning, Khoma manages to jump out from under the old woman, jumps on her back, picks up the log and begins to woo the witch. Wild screams are heard, the old woman falls exhausted to the ground - and now a young beauty lies in front of Khoma with her last moans. In fear, the student starts to run at full speed and returns to Kyiv.

The rector calls Khoma to him and orders him to go to a distant farm to the richest centurion - to read prayers for his daughter, who returned from a walk beaten. The lady's dying wish: seminarian Khoma Brut must read the funeral service for her for three nights. To prevent him from running away along the road, a wagon and six healthy Cossacks were sent. When the student is brought in, the centurion asks him where he met his daughter. But Khoma himself doesn’t know this. When they lead him to the coffin, he recognizes the very same witch in the lady.

At dinner, the student listens to the Kozaks' stories about the tricks of the witch lady. By nightfall he is locked in the church where the coffin stands. Khoma goes to the choir and begins to read prayers. The witch rises from the coffin, but stumbles upon the circle outlined by Khoma around herself. She returns to the coffin and flies around the church in it, but loud prayers and a circle protect Khoma. The coffin falls, the green corpse rises from it, but the distant cry of a rooster is heard. The witch falls into the coffin and its lid slams shut.

During the day, the student sleeps, drinks vodka, wanders around the village, and in the evening he becomes more and more thoughtful. He is taken to church again. He draws a life preserver, reads loudly and raises his head. The corpse is already standing nearby, staring at it with dead, green eyes. The wind carries terrible words of witch spells through the church, countless evil spirits are breaking through the doors. The crow of the rooster again stops the demonic action. Khoma, who has turned gray, is found in the morning, barely alive. He asks the centurion to let him go, but he threatens him with terrible punishment for disobedience. Khoma tries to escape, but he is caught.

The silence of the third hellish night inside the church explodes with the crack of the iron coffin lid. The witch's teeth chatter, spells scream, doors are torn off their hinges, and the untold power of monsters fills the room with the noise of wings and the scratching of claws. Khoma is already singing prayers with all her strength. “Bring Viy!” - the witch screams. A squat, clubfooted monster with an iron face, the leader of evil spirits, enters the church with heavy steps. He orders his eyelids to be lifted. "Don't look!" - Khoma hears the inner voice, but cannot resist looking. "Here he is!" - Viy points at him with an iron finger. Devilry rushes at the philosopher, and the spirit flies out of him. This is the second time the rooster crows, the first time the spirits listened. They rush away, but don't make it in time. So the church remains forever standing with monsters stuck in the doors and windows, overgrown with weeds, and no one will now find a way to it.

Having learned about Khoma’s fate, Tiberiy Gorobets and Khalyava commemorate his soul in Kyiv, concluding after the third mug: the philosopher disappeared because he was afraid.

The most long-awaited event for the seminary is vacancies, when bursaki (state-funded seminarians) go home. In groups they head from Kyiv along the high road, earning their living by singing spiritual songs to wealthy villages.

Three students: the theologian Khalyava, the philosopher Khoma Brut and the rhetorician Tiberius Gorobets, having lost their way in the night, go to the farm. The old housewife allows the students to spend the night on the condition that she will put everyone in different places. Khoma Brut is about to fall asleep dead in the empty sheep barn, when suddenly an old woman enters. With sparkling eyes, she catches Khoma and jumps onto his shoulders. “Hey, it’s a witch,” the student guesses, but he’s already rushing over the ground, sweat rolling off him like a hail. He begins to remember all the prayers and feels that the witch is weakening. With the speed of lightning, Khoma manages to jump out from under the old woman, jumps on her back, picks up the log and begins to woo the witch. Wild screams are heard, the old woman falls exhausted to the ground - and now a young beauty lies in front of Khoma with her last moans. In fear, the student starts to run at full speed and returns to Kyiv.

The rector calls Khoma to him and orders him to go to a distant farm to the richest centurion - to read prayers for his daughter, who returned from a walk beaten. The lady's dying wish: seminarian Khoma Brut must read the funeral service for her for three nights. To prevent him from running away along the road, a wagon and six healthy Cossacks were sent. When the student is brought in, the centurion asks him where he met his daughter. But Khoma himself doesn’t know this. When they lead him to the coffin, he recognizes the very same witch in the lady.

At dinner, the student listens to the Kozaks' stories about the tricks of the witch lady. By nightfall he is locked in the church where the coffin stands. Khoma goes to the choir and begins to read prayers. The witch rises from the coffin, but stumbles upon the circle outlined by Khoma around herself. She returns to the coffin and flies around the church in it, but loud prayers and a circle protect Khoma. The coffin falls, the green corpse rises from it, but the distant cry of a rooster is heard. The witch falls into the coffin and its lid slams shut.

During the day, the student sleeps, drinks vodka, wanders around the village, and in the evening he becomes more and more thoughtful. He is taken to church again. He draws a life preserver, reads loudly and raises his head. The corpse is already standing nearby, staring at it with dead, green eyes. The wind carries terrible words of witch spells through the church, countless evil spirits are breaking through the doors. The crow of the rooster again stops the demonic action. Khoma, who has turned gray, is found in the morning, barely alive. He asks the centurion to let him go, but he threatens him with terrible punishment for disobedience. Khoma tries to escape, but he is caught.

The silence of the third hellish night inside the church explodes with the crack of the iron coffin lid. The witch's teeth chatter, spells scream, doors are torn off their hinges, and the untold power of monsters fills the room with the noise of wings and the scratching of claws. Khoma is already singing prayers with all her strength. “Bring Viy!” - the witch screams. A squat, clubfooted monster with an iron face, the leader of evil spirits, enters the church with heavy steps. He orders his eyelids to be lifted. "Don't look!" - Khoma hears the inner voice, but cannot resist looking. "Here he is!" - Viy points at him with an iron finger. An evil spirit rushes at the philosopher, and the spirit flies out of him. This is the second time the rooster crows, the first time the spirits listened. They rush away, but don't make it in time. So the church remains forever standing with monsters stuck in the doors and windows, overgrown with weeds, and no one will now find a way to it.