Noun
the night before Midsummer Day
Source: WordNetDetroit: Gale Research. 1987, ISBN 0810321262 Customs A popular custom in many parts of Europe is the midsummer celebration of St John's Eve when bonfires were lit at sunset and tended until long after midnight. Source: Internet
The collections are: Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1831–1832) with the stories " St John's Eve " and " A Terrible Vengeance " Arabesques (1835), with the story " The Portrait " and Mirgorod (1835), with the story " Viy ". Source: Internet