《Evil Spirit》

...The incident came to light, and about a month later, in mid-December, the authorities began arresting those involved and cracking down on revolutionary organizations. It became a major operation, with about 300 people detained and 87 put on trial, but Nechaev himself fled the country again. It is well known that this incident prompted Dostoevsky to write "Demons." Nechaev reappeared in Switzerland and published the magazines "Kolokol" and "People's Trial" by the summer of 1870, but his unprincipled nature and provocative and scheming behavior eventually earned him the distrust of Bakunin and others, and he fell into absolute isolation, was arrested, and handed over to the Russian police. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…事件は明るみに出て，およそ1ヵ月後の12月中旬，当局は関係者の逮捕と革命組織の摘発に乗り出し，約300名が拘禁され，87名が裁判にかけられるという大がかりなものになったが，ネチャーエフ自身は再び国外に脱出した。同事件を契機に，ドストエフスキーが《悪霊》を執筆したことはよく知られている。再度スイスに姿を現したネチャーエフは，1870年夏までに《コロコル》《人民の裁き》誌を刊行したものの，その無原則性や挑発的で策略的な行動はついにバクーニンらの不信を買い，絶対的孤立に陥ったあげくに逮捕され，ロシア警察に引き渡された。…

※「《悪霊》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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