Which three Sevastopol sketches did Leo Tolstoy write about the Crimean War?

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Portrait of Leo Tolstoy with a long white beard, wearing a dark shirt and looking slightly to the side. — Leo Tolstoy Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest novelists. His masterpieces are *War and Peace* (1865–69) and *Anna Karenina* (1875–77).

Leo Tolstoy wrote three sketches based on his experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War. These works, published between 1855 and 1856, are:

Sevastopol v dekabre mesyatse ("Sevastopol in December")
Sevastopol v maye ("Sevastopol in May")
Sevastopol v avguste 1855 goda ("Sevastopol in August")1