Nikolai Gogol vs Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Nikolai Gogol and Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Nikolai Gogol	Yes	No	No	No
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Nikolai Gogol and Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol are synonyms defined as:

Nikolai Gogol and Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol: Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852)

Other synonyms of Nikolai Gogol include Gogol.

Nikolai Gogol (noun)	Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (noun)
Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852)	Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852)