Dostoevsky Museum

Museum dedicated to Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The F. M. Dostoyevsky Literary Memorial Museum (Государственный Литературно-мемориальный музей Ф. М. Достоевского), located on Kuznechny Lane 5/2 in Saint Petersburg, was opened on November 12, 1971 in the former apartment of the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Dostoyevsky lived in the apartment twice during his life: first for a short period in 1846 in the beginnings of his career, and later from October 1878 until his death in January 1881.^[1] The apartment was his home during the composition of some of his most notable works, including The Double: A Petersburg Poem (1846) and The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880).^[4] The apartment has been reconstructed based on the memoirs of the writer's second wife, Anna Dostoyevskaya, and his friends.^[5]

Museum features

The museum library holds about 24,000 volumes and a small collection of manuscripts.

Every November, the museum hosts an international scholarly conference, Dostoyevsky and World Culture, and a journal of the same name is published with the conference proceedings.^[6]

The museum is included in cultural tours in Saint Petersburg, some specifically focusing upon Dostoevsky.^[7]^[8]

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, pictured in 1871.
The author's second wife, Anna Dostoyevskaya.

References

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