Russian writer (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">russian writer</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(author Nikolai Gogol)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for gogol that I've seen before include "Russian novelist" , "Nikolai ---, Gov't Inspector author" , "Russian writer" , "Russian author/playwright" , "The Government Inspector author" .)
(Other definitions for pushkin that I've seen before include "As writer" , "Russian poet, author and dramatist" , "Boris Godunov poet" .)