# Endnotes explained — Demons

> Chapter companion for Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

## What happens

This chapter contains the translator's notes and references for the text, including explanations of Russian terms, allusions to Derzhavin's poetry, the Flagellant sect legend, and the historical significance of February 19, 1861, the date of the Emancipation of the Serfs.

## Key lines

> February 19, 1861, the day of the Emancipation of the Serfs, is meant.

The date refers to the Emancipation of the Serfs on February 19, 1861.

_Historical context for the reference._

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