Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) During the Napoleonic Wars, the Anglo-Russian War (2 September 1807– 18 July 1812) was the phase of hostilities between the United Kingdom and Russia after the latter signed the Treaty of Tilsit that ended its war with France. Anglo-Russian hostilities were limited primarily to minor naval actions in the Baltic and Barents Seas. After Napoleon I defeated the Russians at the Battle of Friedland (14 June 1807), Tsar Alexander I of Russia signed a peace treaty, known as the Treaty of Tilsit. Although the treaty was quite unpopular within the Russian court, Russia had no alternative as
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