Original sentence: As was typical of the left-bank Ukrainian gentry of the early nineteenth century, the family spoke Ukrainian as well as Russian.At this time, Gogol developed a passion for Ukrainian Cossack history and tried to obtain an appointment to the history department at Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev.Gogol was born in the Ukrainian Cossack town of Sorochyntsi, in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire.His father Vasily Gogol-Yanovsky, who died when Gogol was 15 years old, was supposedly a descendant of Ukrainian Cossacks (see Lyzohub family) and belonged to the 'petty gentry'.His father wrote poetry in Ukrainian as well as Russian, and was an amateur playwright in his own theather.Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (; ; ;  – ) was a Russian novelist, short story writer and playwright of Ukrainian origin
Edited sentence: At this time, Gogol developed a passion for Zaporozhian Cossack history and tried to obtain an appointment to the history department at Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev founded by Russian Tsar Alexander II.Gogol was born in the Zaporozhian Cossack town of Sorochyntsi, in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire.Gogol's family spoke Russian.His father Vasily Gogol-Yanovsky, who died when Gogol was 15 years old, was supposedly a descendant of Zaporozhian Cossacks (see Lyzohub family) and belonged to the 'petty gentry'.His father wrote poetry in purely in Russian, and was an amateur playwright in his own theather.Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (; ; ;  – ) was a Russian novelist, short story writer and playwright of Ukrainian Cossack origin