Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

 

1821 Fyodor Dostoevsky was born on October 30. He was baptized on November 4th.
1834 He entered the school of L J Tchermark at Moscow.
1836 Introduced to and influenced by Pushkin’s literature.
1837 His Mother Maria died on 27th February.
Entered Prepatory school of K F Kostomarov.
1838 Admitted to St Petersburg’s Academy of Military Engineers.
1839 His father Mickail Dostoevsky died.
1842 He joined the army.
1845 Grigorievich Belinsky approached on reading Poor Folk.
1846 Suffered from nervous ailment possibly epilepsy.
1849 Arrested and imprisoned several times. Finally a death sentence converted to hard labor in Siberian prison.
1850 Arrived at Tobolsk and then continued journey to Omsk where he served prison sentence till 1854.
1854 Sentence was completed. Enrolled in the Siberian Regiment.
1856 Promoted to non-commissioned rank.
1857 Married Maria Isaeva.
1859 Allowed to stay in European Russia with his wife Maria.
1862 Visited western European countries including England, France and Switzerland.
1864 Edited the Journal Epoch.
His wife and brother Michael died.
1865 Married A G Snitkin, a stenographer.
1871 Returned to Petersburg from his trip.
1872 Joined the editorial staff of The Citizen.
1874 Infraction of the censorship regulation resulted in his imprisonment.
1880 Banquet of Moscow Writers and Journalists in Dostoevky’s honor.
At Puskin’s festivities, Dostoevsky’s speech became memorable.
1881 Died on January 28th. A public burial was held on January 31st at the cemetery of Alexander Nevsky Monastery in Petersburg.
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