ðə stɹˈiːt ɪz hˈoʊm tʊ ɐ mˈɑːnjuːmənt ʌv ɹˈaɪɾɚ nˈɪkəlˌaɪ ɡˈɑːɡɑːl, plˈeɪst dˈiːp ɪnðə kˈoːɹtjɑːɹd əvən ˈeɪtiːnθsˈɛntʃɚɹi tˈælɪzˌɪn mˈænʃən wˌɛɹ ðɪ ˈɔːθɚ spˈɛnt hɪz lˈæst fjˈuː jˈɪɹz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi ˈeɪt dˈæʃ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti tˈuː ænd wˌɛɹ hiː bˈɜːnd ðə mˈænjuːskɹˌɪpt ʌvðə sˈɛkənd vˈɑːljuːm ʌvðə dˈɛd sˈoʊlz ɪn ɐ fˈɪt sˈɛnt baɪ ðə dˈɛvəl.
The street is home to a monument of writer Nikolai Gogol, placed deep in the courtyard of an 18th-century Talyzin mansion where the author spent his last few years 1848-1852 and where he burned the manuscript of the second volume of the Dead Souls in a fit 'sent by the devil.'