“One Must Tell the Truth:” Fyodor Dostoevsky and His Contemporaries in the Debate about the Results of the Crimean Campaign
Journal: Dostoevsky and World Culture Philological journal
Year: 2023

The paper discusses F.M. Dostoevsky’s attitude towards the Crimean military campaign (1853–1856) and his understanding of the deep meaning of the armed conflict between Russia and the alliance which included the British, French, and Ottoman Empires, as well as the Kingdom of Sardinia. It is argued that F.M. Dostoevsky may be called a “child of the Crimean campaign,” even though he did not participate in it personally, as he remained, all through those months, first a convict and then an exile. H