Conference of Dresden (1812) reach that Napoleon demonstrated at Dresden may have helped persuade the American government of the advantages of entering into a war with Britain. The War of 1812 was declared in June of that year. Prior to the conference Napoleon had maintained a mask of friendship towards Russia and it was the first time that his intentions towards that country became apparent. Conference of Dresden (1812) The Conference of Dresden was a May 1812 gathering of European leaders arranged by Napoleon I of France as part of his preparations for the invasion of Russia. It was intended as a demonstration of
L. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky a pagan here ("seer of flesh"), while Fyodor Dostoyevsky opposed him as a "seer of spirit". The Merezhkovsky's study on the works of Leo Tolstoy was subsequently recognized as the most detailed and accurate. L. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky L. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky was a critical essay written by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and published between 1900-1901 in "Mir iskusstva" magazine. The publication coincided with Leo Tolstoy's excommunication by Most Holy Synod and drew a wide public response. "L. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky" is considered the most significant work of Merezhkovsky in the genre of literary research essays. The work was partly devoted to