Nikolay Alexandrovich Goncharov (1808-1873) - elder brother of I.A. Goncharov. Oil on canvas by unknown artist. The first half of the XIX century. Ulyanovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore, History and Economy.

N.Goncharov is a russian philology teacher in Simbirsk. He is the prototype of Leontiy Kozlov in Goncharov's novel "The Precipice". Today the offspring of writer's brother live in France.