a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, philosopher and journalist. His literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, and social atmospheres of 19th-century Russia
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Born
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky 11 November 1821 Moscow, Moskovsky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
9 February 1881 (aged 59) Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Occupation
Military engineer novelist journalist
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Russia
Children
4, including Lyubov Dostoevskaya
Education
Military Engineering-Technical University, St. Petersburg
era
1800+
Genre
Novel short story journalism
Literary movement
Realism
Notable works
Notes from Underground (1864) Crime and Punishment (1866) The Double (1846) The Idiot (1868–1869) Demons (1871–1872) The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880)
Spouse
Maria Dmitriyevna Isaeva ( m. 1857 ; died 1864 ) Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina ( m. 1867 )
Subject
Philosophy Christianity Theology
Years active
1846–1880