“Genius and Classic”: Novgorod residents were reminded of the 205th anniversary of the birth of the great writer Fyodor Dostoevsky

Today marks the 205th anniversary of the birth of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. His name is known all over the world. Genius and classic, whose novels are read and studied around the world, reminded the Deputy Governor of the Novgorod region Elena Kirillova in his social networks.

Old Russa was a place of “physical and moral rest” for the writer, the deputy governor noted. Unlike the fuss of St. Petersburg, the quiet provincial life made it possible to focus on creativity.

The house in Staraya Russa became the first and only real estate of the writer in his life: before that he constantly rented housing. In 1876, the family bought the building - and, according to the memoirs of his wife, "a nest was formed", where they were happy to go in the spring and from where they did not want to leave in the autumn.