Sebastopol

The Sevastopol Sketches, called in English translations the Sebastopol Sketches (pre-reform Russian: Севастопольскіе разсказы, tr. Sevastópolʹskiye razskázy; post-reform Russian: Севастопольские рассказы, tr. Sevastópolʹskiye 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).