THE QUESTION OF THE FUTURE OF THE BALKAN PEOPLES IN THE PUBLICIST DIALODUE BETWEEN N. G. CHERNYSHEVSKY AND F. M. DOSTOEVSKY

The article aims to explore the positions of Dostoevsky and Chernyshevsky as publicists in a large-scale public dialogue of the second half of the 1850s — 1870s, concerning the so-called Balkan issue. Based on their contributions to Sovremennik and Writer’s Diary magazines, Dostoevsky and Chernyshevsky’s understanding of the issue of national and confessional identity of the Balkan Slavs is considered, as well as the formers’ relations with Russia, Turkey and Europe.