Otechestvennye Zapiski
"St. John's Eve" (; translit. "Večer nakanune Ivana Kupala"), also known as "The Eve of Ivan Kupala," is the second short story in the collection "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka" by Nikolai Gogol. It was first published in 1830 in the literary Russian periodical "Otechestvennye Zapiski" and in book form in 1831.