Complete the sentences with verbs in the past simple tense​

Kolomenskoye is my favorite place in Moscow. If you are interested in history, you can learn a lot of new things, especially about the era of Peter 1. I really love folklore festivals, with bright costumes, folk songs and dances, traditional national dishes. I like magnificent views of the park and the Moscow River. Fresh air, peace and quiet of historical places make visitors truly happy. Kolomenskoye is one of the most popular holiday destinations for Muscovites and tourists from all over the country and from abroad.

Nikolai Gogol (1809 - 1852) - novelist, playwright, essayist and critic. Born in the village Sorochintsy Poltava province in a family of modest means landlords. Educated at the Nizhyn Gymnasium of Higher Sciences (1821-1828), where he showed his interest in literature and art and the extraordinary acting talent. Characteristic of Gogol public sentiment in this period was his behavior in "the case of the free-thinking" when he was on the side of Professor NG Belousov subjected to persecution for spreading progressive ideas.
The internal complexity of Gogol's work, the world-famous, it has led to a sharp debatable assessments criticism. Various schools in the Russian and foreign literary allowed multiple interpretations of its contradictory aspects. Numerous works of Gogol and reissues of his works, the embodiment of his images on stage and on screen, in music and painting confirm undying interest in the work of the great Russian writer in the world.