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Fyodor Dostoevsky was a great Russian novelist. He was a short story writer and a journalist as well. He was born in 1821 in Moscow. His father worked in a hospital as a staff doctor. Dostoevsky went to a private school and was also educated in his house. After his mother’s death Dostoevsky was sent to an academy in St. Petersburg where he was supposed to pursue military engineering. Although he did his graduation as a War Ministry Draftsman, he also studied French and Russian literature at the academy.
Since 1844, Dostoevsky dedicated himself in writing novels and other literary works. “Poor folk” was his first novel in 1846 which fetch him great recognition. His next work was “The Double” had a subtitle “A Petersburg Poem” Dostoevsky spend some years in Siberia during which he became an ardent follower of the Orthodox Church in Russia.
The works of Dostoevsky that were published after his return to St. Petersburg were namely The Insulted and Injured, Winter Notes on Summer Impressions and The House of the Dead. Dostoevsky married a widow named Maria Isaev who died during Dostoevsky visit to Europe. Later he married his stenographer Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina in 1867. Dostoevsky died on 9th February, 1881 in St. Petersburg.
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