The Sevastopol Sketches, called in English translations the Sebastopol Sketches (pre-reform Russian: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? , tr. Sevastópol'skiye razskázy; post-reform Russian: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? , tr. Sevastópol'skiye rasskázy), also published in English as Sevastopol, are three short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published in 1855 to record his experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855).