Russian writer (5)
'russian writer' is the definition.
(author Nikolai Gogol)
This is all the clue.
(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" .)