Everything was fine and wonderful in the glorious city of Mirgorod, even the puddle on the square was perfect. And suddenly, everything changed.

First, Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich, very respected people in the town, quarreled. As if a black cat ran between former buddies. But no, it was not a cat at all, but the most ordinary gun.

And after that, the whole town and its inhabitants were drawn into an irreconcilable feud, which lasted almost twelve years. How - you will learn from the story of the same name by Nikolay Gogol.