The Peace of Nicias was a peace treaty that was signed between the Greekcity-states of Athens and Sparta in 421 BC. However, neither side was satisfied, and the treaty was later broken and rendered useless.
... serially in the periodical Ruskii Vestnik ("Russian Messenger"), but Tolstoy clashed with the editor, Mikhail Katkov, over issues that arose in the final installment. ...