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 ====Region: [[:Category:Russia and Central Asia|Russia and Central Asia]]====
-====Subject: [[:Category:Language|Language]], [[:Category:Political|Political]] and [[:Category:Social|Social]]====
+====Subject: [[:Category:Language|Language]], [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====
-====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]] and [[:Category:Personal Opinion|Personal Opinion]]====
+====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]====
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+[[File:Belinsky.jpg|right]]
-'''Artist:'''
+'''Artists:'''
-*Vissarion Belinskii
+*Vissarion Belinskii (1811 - 1848)
-*Fedor Dostoevsky
+*Fedor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881)
 '''Confronting Bodies:''' Government of Tzar Nikolai I
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 '''Location:''' Russia
-'''Description of Artwork:''' The writings of Belinskii are known for their scathing critiques of Russian society and religion.  In one passage from his "Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends,"  he suggests that, instead of embracing "mysticism, asceticism or pietism," referring to Russian Orthodoxy, autocracy and nationalism, Russians should support laws that are "compatible with good sense and justice rather than the teachings of the church." <P>
+'''Description of Artwork:''' The writings of Belinskii are known for their scathing critiques of Russian society and religion.  In one passage from his ''Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends'',  he suggests that, instead of embracing "mysticism, asceticism or pietism," referring to Russian Orthodoxy, autocracy and nationalism, Russians should support laws that are "compatible with good sense and justice rather than the teachings of the church." <P>
+[[File:Dostoevsky.jpg|left]]
-'''The Incident:''' Belinskii, a literary critic, wrote a "Letter to Gogol" in response to the Russian writer, Nikolai Gogol's, "Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends".  Belinskii accused Gogol of defending the church and state authorities and being a traitor to the common good.  Belinskii denounced Gogol's views and argued for a socially/politically committed art.  The government banned circulation of the letter; however, it had a wide, illegal distribution and became in the following decades the central manifesto of Russian liberals.
+'''The Incident:''' Belinskii, a literary critic, wrote a ''Letter to Gogol'' in response to the Russian writer, Nikolai Gogol's, ''Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends''.  Belinskii accused Gogol of defending the church and state authorities and being a traitor to the common good.  Belinskii denounced Gogol's views and argued for a socially/politically committed art.  The government banned circulation of the letter; however, it had a wide, illegal distribution and became in the following decades the central manifesto of Russian liberals.
 During a reading of the text by the Petrashevskii circle Dostoevsky was arrested, imprisoned and sentenced to death by firing squad. <P>
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 [[Category:1847]]
-[[Category:1800s]]
+[[Category:1840s]]
+[[Category:19th century]]
 [[Category:Russia and Central Asia]]
-[[Category:Public Art]]
+[[Category:Literature]]
 [[Category:Language]]
-[[Category:Political]]
+[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]
-[[Category:Social]]
-[[Category:Personal Opinion]]
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