«THESE NOTES SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN BLOOD, NOT INK»: PETER ALABIN’S CORRESPONDENCE FROM BESIEGED SEVASTOPOL
Journal: Scientific Notes of V I Vernadsky Crimean Federal University Philological sciences
Year: 2025

The name of Pyotr Vladimirovich Alabin is widely known as the historiographer of the Crimean War and the initiator of the creation of the Sevastopol Defense Museum. Throughout the campaign, he kept a frontline diary, which academician E. V. Tarle considered «truthful and precious to the historian». However, officer Alabin wrote notes not only as material for a future military historian, but also to inform his contemporary about what was happening in the theater of military operations. He created