ABSTRACT The present article gives a detailed account of previously unknown documentary sources of Leskov’s short story “Episcopal Justice.” This story bears the subtitle “True story. From recent recollections,” which seems to suggest an autobiographical basis for the narrative. The ultimate aim of the study is to determine whether the story’s central incident – a Christian bishop comes to the rescue of a Jewish boy – may have been based on real events. My analysis of recently discovered archival materials, as well as of the historical circumstances surrounding the writing of the tale, shows that “Episcopal Justice” may well have been based on real-life events. Moreover, we consider this story in the context of Leskov’s other writings addressing the “Jewish question” and trace the evolution of his position as it shifts, in his later years, toward one of equality of the Christian and Jewish faiths.

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“主教正义”：尼古拉·列斯科夫的人生经历与犹太人问题

摘要 本文详细介绍了莱斯科夫短篇小说“主教正义”的先前未知的文献来源。这个故事的副标题是“真实的故事。从最近的回忆中，”这似乎暗示了叙事的自传基础。该研究的最终目的是确定故事的中心事件——一名基督教主教救出一个犹太男孩——是否可能基于真实事件。我对最近发现的档案材料以及围绕故事写作的历史环境的分析表明，“主教正义”很可能是基于现实生活中的事件。此外，我们在列斯科夫其他关于“犹太人问题”的著作的背景下考虑这个故事，并追溯他在晚年随着立场的转变而发生的变化，