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When did Dostoevsky born?
November 11, 1821
Fyodor Dostoevsky/Date of birth
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in full Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky, Dostoyevsky also spelled Dostoevsky, (born November 11 [October 30, Old Style], 1821, Moscow, Russia—died February 9 [January 28, Old Style], 1881, St.
Where is Pushkin from?
Moscow, Russia
Alexander Pushkin/Place of birth
Aleksandr Pushkin, in full Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, (born May 26 [June 6, New Style], 1799, Moscow, Russia—died January 29 [February 10], 1837, St.
Where did Fyodor Dostoevsky live?
Moscow
Saint Petersburg
Fyodor Dostoevsky/Places lived
Fyodor Dostoevsky, born on 11 November [O.S. 30 October] 1821 in Moscow, was the second child of Dr. Mikhail Dostoevsky and Maria Dostoevskaya (born Nechayeva). He was raised in the family home in the grounds of the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor, which was in a lower class district on the edges of Moscow.
Did Joseph Conrad go to Africa?
One of Conrad’s most important voyages occurred in 1890, when he sailed a steamboat up the Congo River in central Africa. During this voyage, Conrad witnessed incredible barbarity, illness, and inhumanity; his recollections of this trip would eventually become the basis of his most famous work, Heart of Darkness.
What is short for Conrad?
Behind the name lists Cord/Kord & Kurt as traditional nicknames for Konrad/Conrad.
Why did Dostoevsky go to jail?
On November 16, 1849, a Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for his allegedly antigovernment activities linked to a radical intellectual group. The group was suspected of subversive activites, which led to Dostoevsky’s arrest in 1849, and his sentencing to death.
Where was the estate of Ivan Turgenev located?
Spasskoye-Lutovinovo, Turgenev’s estate near Oryol. Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was born in Oryol (modern-day Oryol Oblast, Russia) to noble Russian parents Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev (1793–1834), a colonel in the Russian cavalry who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812, and Varvara Petrovna Turgeneva (née Lutovinova; 1787–1850).
How did Varvara Turgeneva influence Ivan Turgenev?
Varvara Turgeneva later served as an inspiration for the landlady from Turgenev’s Mumu. She surrounded her sons with foreign governesses; thus Ivan became fluent in French, German, and English. The family members used French in everyday life, even prayers were read in this language.
When did Ivan Turgenev start his civil service?
In 1841, Turgenev started his career in the Russian civil service and spent two years working for the Ministry of Interior (1843–1845). When Turgenev was a child, a family serf had read to him verses from the Rossiad of Mikhail Kheraskov, a celebrated poet of the 18th century.
When did Ivan Turgenev write the nest of the gentry?
In 1858 Turgenev wrote the novel A Nest of the Gentry (“Дворянское гнездо”) also full of nostalgia for the irretrievable past and of love for the Russian countryside.