Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death | November 16, 1849 | HISTORY
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On November 16, 1849, a Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for his allegedly anti‑government activities linked to a radical intellectual group. His execution is stayed at the last minute. Dostoevsky’s father was a doctor at Moscow’s Hospital for the Poor, where he grew rich enough to buy land and serfs. After his father’s […]
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Original Title: TIL that in 1849, Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for his alleged anti-government activities with a radical intellectual group. He had already been marched out to the firing squad and was standing before the executioners when the order came through to spare him.