"uncle tom’s cabin" was published in russia at the end of 1857 and was soon recognized as a classic of world literature. many people saw a very strong link between the world of "uncle tom’s cabin" and the serfdom that still existed in russia in 1850s. in his letter to an abolitionist maria weston chapman, nikolay turgenev wrote, “many of the scenes described in the book seem like an exact depiction of equally frightful scenes in russia.” "uncle tom's cabin" served as an educational tool for russian and russo-soviet elite in the post emancipation period, and it also became part of soviet children literature.