TY - BOOK AU - Tolstoy,Leo,graf TI - Sevastopoli AV - PG PY - 2016/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Sevastopol (Ukraine) -- History -- Siege, 1854-1855 -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevastopol_Sketches; Release date is 2016-08-11; E-text prepared by Anna Siren and Tapio Riikonen; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Sevastopoli" by graf Leo Tolstoy is a collection of three short stories published in 1855. Based on Tolstoy's firsthand experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol in Crimea, these sketches document the realities of war through vivid scenes of military life, makeshift hospitals, and battlefield psychology. The stories explore themes of heroism, vanity, and the senselessness of warfare, following Russian forces from the brutal details of combat to their eventual defeat and withdrawal. Tolstoy declares that truth itself is the only hero. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52774 ER -