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Vremya is banned after the 1863 Poland article

In spring 1863 the censors closed Vremya after an article on the Polish uprising (Strakhov’s, in a Dostoyevsky magazine). In the causal graph this event weakens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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In spring 1863 the censors closed Vremya after an article on the Polish uprising (Strakhov’s, in a Dostoyevsky magazine). It is not Winter Notes and not Epoch’s later birth. Demo path: a thick journal killed. Mixed: the piece was not a liberal defence of Poland.

Context

Autocratic press law. Shared with Mikhail and Strakhov. The state’s authorship of the ban is why contribution is complex; the life still loses a public office. Distinct from later Diary, which learned to live with censors.

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

Why it matters

It is not a unique 1863 list of all banned titles.

Shared responsibility is part of Vremya is banned after the 1863 Poland article. Naming Fyodor Dostoyevsky does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1863-05-01 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.

Who was responsible

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

  • Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    Named co-voice of a banned monthly. Strakhov’s Poland piece triggered censors; the state shut the journal.

What changed

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

    1. FactVremya is banned after the 1863 Poland article
    2. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 May 1863 · verified

    • Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.24 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

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.State Museum of the History of Russian Literature (Goslitmuz)Vladimir Dahl State Literary Museum · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fyodor-Dostoyevsky (opens in a new tab) independently notes the 1863 suppression. Goslitmuz at https://www.goslitmuz.ru/ (opens in a new tab) is the journal-archival neighbourhood. Pushkin House at https://pushkinskijdom.ru/ (opens in a new tab) likewise.

Established: Vremya banned 1863 after the Poland number. Not established: a unique subscriber-loss table. Distinct from the 1861 launch. May 1863 shutdown, Strakhov Poland article, censors, not Winter Notes as a text. Official https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fyodor-Dostoyevsky (opens in a new tab) is not independent https://www.goslitmuz.ru/ (opens in a new tab).

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.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The ban is not the launch and not Epoch. Mixed effects of Vremya is banned after the 1863 Poland article are separate paths.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorFyodor Dostoyevsky
  2. contributed toFactVremya is banned after the 1863 Poland article
  3. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Vremya is banned after the 1863 Poland article. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dost-vremya-ban-1863

https://factrail.ai/facts/dost-vremya-ban-1863

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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