Nikolay Stavrogin as a "Praporshchik:" An Additional Historical Commentary to "The Demons" by F. M. Dostoyevsky | Zendy

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Nikolay Stavrogin as a "Praporshchik:" An Additional Historical Commentary to "The Demons" by F. M. Dostoyevsky

Author(s) -

Anastasiya Pershkina

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

russkaya 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 , history , humanities , art , law , political science , geometry , mathematics , 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.

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