THE IMAGE OF GERMANY IN A WRITER’S DIARY BY FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

The paper explores the image of Germany, represented in A Writer’s Diary by F.M. Dostoevsky during Balkan crisis 1876 and Russo-Turkish war 1877-1878. The purpose of this paper is to summarize Dostoevsky’s views, thoughts, reflections and ideas on the Germans as a people, on Germany as a military-political unity, its ideology, mysticism, cultural-religious stance and political significance for Russian Empire. Particular attention is paid to the geopolitical significance of Europe in the imaginary geography of Dostoevsky.