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The Home of Homes.

It's the morning of December 22nd, 1849, in a square in the center of St. Petersburg,

the capital of the Russian Empire.

A 28-year-old novelist and former soldier stands on a snow-covered street and shivers in his

ragged prisoner attire.

He shields his eyes as the morning sun glints off the bayonets of the soldiers who line the square and hold back a large crowd of onlookers.

A guard gives the young writer a shove, and he joins a procession of other prisoners

who stumble forward through the biting cold.

The rider looks up ahead,

sees a wooden platform in the center of the square, draped with black cloth. As he and the other

prisoners climb its steps, the soldiers all around snap to attention. Then an official from the

Russian civil service, resplendent in an ornate dress uniform, inspects the

line of prisoners. Then the official announces the punishment these men will receive for their

crimes is death. The rider watches, terrified as a firing squad moves into position. The rider

closes his eyes and waits for the end. But instead of the sound of bullets flying,

he hears a roll of drums. There's confusion in the crowd and on the platform, but the writer

immediately recognizes the pattern of the drumming. From his time in the army, he knows it's a signal

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