1. Defends Sevastopol

   1854-01-01 · Sevastopol, Crimea

   

   Tolstoy served as an artillery officer in besieged Sevastopol, an experience later transformed into his Sevastopol Sketches and central to his developing revulsion against war. Presence continued during the siege in 1855. Coordinates represent Sevastopol because the quotation does not specify an individual bastion.

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