Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born on November 11, 1821, in Moscow, Russia. He was the second of seven children of Mikhail Andreevich and Maria Dostoevsky. His father, a doctor, was a member of the Russian nobility, owned serfs and had a considerable estate near Moscow where he lived with his family. It's believed that he was murdered by his own serfs in revenge for the violence he would commit against them while in drunken rages. As a child Fyodor was traumatized when he witnessed the rape of a young female serf and suffered from epileptic seizures. He was sent to a boarding school, where he studied sciences, languages and literature. He was devastated when his favorite writer, Alexander Pushkin, was killed in a duel in St. Petersburg in 1837. That same year Dostoevsky's mother died, and he moved to St. Petersburg. There he graduated from the Military Engineering Academy, and served in the Tsar's government for a year.

  • When was
    Fyodor Dostoevsky born?

    Fyodor Dostoevsky was born on Tuesday, October 30, 1821

  • Where was
    Fyodor Dostoevsky born?

    Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

  • How old was
    Fyodor Dostoevsky when they died?

    Fyodor Dostoevsky was 59

  • When did Fyodor Dostoevsky die?

    Fyodor Dostoevsky died on
    Wednesday, February 9, 1881


Best Quotes

  • There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas.
  • There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas
  • The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half
  • The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
  • The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
  • Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea
  • Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea.
  • Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
  • Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.
  • If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you

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