Sebastopol

The Sevastopol Sketches, called in English translations the Sebastopol Sketches (pre-reform Russian: ??????????????? ????????, tr. Sevastópol''skiye razskázy; post-reform Russian: ??????????????? ????????, tr. Sevastópol''skiye rasskázy), also published in English as Sevastopol, are three short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published in 1855 to record his experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855).