# The Possessed (The Devils)

**Author:** Fyodor Dostoyevsky
**Tags:** Russia, Terrorists, Nihilism
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
**URL:** https://samolit.com/books/96218

## Description

Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Possessed plunges into a provincial Russian town consumed by a brewing storm of revolutionary fervor. A charismatic but morally vacant aristocrat, Nikolai Stavrogin, becomes the unwitting idol of a cell of radical nihilists led by the cunning and ruthless Pyotr Verkhovensky. As this insidious group schemes to dismantle the existing social order through acts of terror and manipulation, the town descends into a maelstrom of violence, betrayal, and profound spiritual unrest. Dostoevsky masterfully explores the seductive dangers of ideological extremism, the corrosive effects of a loss of faith, and the terrifying consequences when abstract ideas are unleashed upon the fragile fabric of human society. This powerful novel stands as a prophetic warning against the dark impulses that can possess individuals and nations alike.