The Inspector General (in Russian Ревизор) is a five-act satirical comedy by the Russian prose writer and dramatist Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, regarded as one of the most famous works of world dramatic literature. Through his play, which captures the stupidity, ignorance, and corruption of officials in a Russian provincial town rife with corruption and various other vices, the author holds up a mirror to all whose character is distorted by sycophancy and bribery. The idea was provided to Gogol by Pushkin, who told him the story of how he was once mistaken for a secret government official during a journey. At that time, it was not unusual for a high-ranking state official to arrive “incognito” in a district town to check if everything was in order. This was because Tsar Nicholas I, aware that his regime was not particularly popular in Russia, established a special secret police whose primary task was to observe who spoke boldly and disrespectfully against the government or the church or