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Notes from the House of the Dead serialised, exposing Omsk katorga

Zapiski iz myortvogo doma (Notes from the House of the Dead), drawn from Omsk prison, was published in Vremya in 1860–62. In the causal graph this event weakens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — an improving welfare path.

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Zapiski iz myortvogo doma (Notes from the House of the Dead), drawn from Omsk prison, was published in Vremya in 1860–62. Fictional frame does not erase the testimony claim.

Context

Tsarist censorship still sat on the magazine. Shared with Mikhail Dostoyevsky as editor-brother. Justice path: making katorga readable.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The book is not the arrest and not the mock execution. Mixed effects of Notes from the House of the Dead serialised, exposing Omsk katorga are separate paths.

Why it matters

Prison testimony in print is a justice path of high confidence and moderate weight. It did not abolish katorga. Mixed: it can aestheticise suffering.

The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    Named author of House of the Dead. Vremya printed it. Direct on the book as public prison testimony.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Fyodor DostoyevskyEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.The House of the Dead — English public-domain textProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Gutenberg House of the Dead at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37536 (opens in a new tab) is a public English. Britannica at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fyodor-Dostoyevsky (opens in a new tab) independently treats the prison book. Goslitmuz at https://www.goslitmuz.ru/ (opens in a new tab) is the archival neighbourhood.

Established: House of the Dead published by 1862. Not established: a unique Omsk death table in this date field. Distinct from the 1850 arrival at Omsk. Vremya serial of katorga, 1860–62 close, testimony not a statute, not 22 December 1849. Official https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37536 (opens in a new tab) is not independent https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fyodor-Dostoyevsky (opens in a new tab).

Shared responsibility is part of Notes from the House of the Dead serialised, exposing Omsk katorga. Naming Fyodor Dostoyevsky does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1862-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorFyodor Dostoyevsky
  2. contributed toFactNotes from the House of the Dead serialised, exposing Omsk katorga
  3. weakensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). Notes from the House of the Dead serialised, exposing Omsk katorga. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dost-house-of-the-dead

https://factrail.ai/facts/dost-house-of-the-dead

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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