Когда был опубликован фельетон Ф. М. Достоевского «Тритон»? (Из цензурной истории еженедельника «Гражданин» в 1878 г.)
When Was the Feuilleton by F. M. Dostoevsky “Triton” Published? On the Censorship History of the Weekly Journal “Grazhdanin” (“The Citizen”) in 1878

Summary/Abstract: The article clarifies the censorship history of the issues № 23–25 of the weekly “Grazhdanin” (“The Citizen”) in 1878, containing F. Dostoevsky’s feuilleton “Triton” (“Based on the country walks of Kuzma Prutkov and his friend”), the last known published work of the writer in this journal when it used to be published in St. Petersburg. Based on a number of documents found in the archives of St. Petersburg Censorship Committee and the General Directorate of the Press of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was established that the entire circulation of issues № 23–25 of “Grazhdanin” Journal (“The Citizen”), dated October 10, 1878, was arrested by censorship authorities and designated for destruction; the reason for the punitive measures was the material of the issue, which expressed sympathy to the disgraced publicist and public figure I. S. Aksakov. Th e editor and publisher of “Grazhdanin” (“Th e Citizen”) V. F. Putsykovich, who fi led a petition to the Minister of the Interior A. E. Timashev on October 11, 1878, managed to fight back the arrested issue of the journal by agreeing to amend its content and to reprint some of its pages. The Corrected issue № 23–25 of “Grazhdanin” (“Th e Citizen”) with the “Triton” feuilleton was released no earlier than October 16, 1878. Th e documents illustrating the history of publication of the issue №. 23–25 of “Grazhdanin” (“Th e Citizen”) revealed in the archives of censorship authorities have been published for the first time; the publication of documents is accompanied by a real comment.

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