Open AccessNikolay Stavrogin as a "Praporshchik:" An Additional Historical Commentary to "The Demons" by F. M. Dostoyevsky
Author(s) -
Anastasiya Pershkina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
russkaâ literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 0131-6095
DOI - 10.31860/0131-6095-2020-1-85-87
Subject(s) - biography , character (mathematics) , hierarchy , rank (graph theory) , literature , philosophy , psychoanalysis , psychology , epistemology , art , law , political science , mathematics , geometry , combinatorics
The article provides historical commentary on an episode from the biography of Nikolay Stavrogin, a character from "The Demons" by F. Dostoevsky. Offi cial documents of the mid-1860s help to uncover how he could have regained his offi cer rank after being demoted to a soldier. This episode is important for understanding the characters’ relations, based on the military hierarchy. In addition, it clarifi es Dostoevsky’s methods of working with historical facts.