''Epoch'' (russian: Эпо́ха, Epokha) was a Russian literary magazine published in 1864-65 by

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...

and his brother Mikhail.

Publication history

The first two combined numbers of ''Epoch'', for January and February, 1864, were published in March, 1864, containing the opening chapters of '' Notes from Underground'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. ''Notes from Underground'' took up the first four issues of the magazine. His story ''

The Crocodile The Crocodile (formerly the Crocodile Cafe, and sometimes called The Croc) is a music club at 2505 1st Avenue at Wall Street in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Opened by Stephanie Dorgan as the "Crocodile Caf ...

'' was published in the last issue.''Handbook of Russian Literature'', Victor Terras, Yale University Press 1990. ''The Crocodile'', taken as an attack on

Nikolay Chernyshevsky Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky ( – ) was a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat, and socialist philosopher, often identified as a utopian socialist and leading theoretician of Russian nihilism. He was t ...

, and his article ''Mr -bov and the Question of Art'', criticising the views of

Nikolay Dobrolyubov Nikolay Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov ( rus, Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Добролю́бов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ dəbrɐˈlʲubəf, a=Nikolay Alyeksandrovich Dobrolyubov.ru.vorb.oga; 5 February O. S. 24 Jan ...

, created considerable controversy between Dostoyevsky and Russian liberals. After Mikhail Dostoyevsky's death in 1864, Fyodor became chief editor. He was forced to discontinue publication of the magazine in February 1865 due to financial problems. Along with Dostoyevsky's works, ''Epoch'' published articles by Apollon Grigoryev and Nikolay Strakhov, stories by major writers such as

Ivan Turgenev Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (; rus, links=no, Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́невIn Turgenev's day, his name was written ., p=ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf; 9 November 1818 – 3 September 1883 ( Old Style da ...

and

Nikolai Leskov Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (russian: Никола́й Семёнович Леско́в; – ) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique w ...

, and the popular fiction of Vsevolod Krestovsky and others.

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