“Your Nest” classic: Old Russa celebrated the 205th anniversary of Fyodor Dostoevsky

In Staraya Russa, large-scale celebrations were held in honor of the 205th anniversary of the birth of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. According to the press service of the Novgorod Museum-Reserve, the anniversary program united memorial, cultural and educational events.

With Stara Russa, the writer had a deep personal history. Here the Dostoevsky family had their own house, which Fyodor Mikhailovich called “his nest”. According to the memoirs of his wife Anna Grigorievna, the Old Russian dacha was for the classic “a place of physical and moral peace”, where he found solitude and inspiration for creativity.

The festive program began with a funeral service in the St. George’s Church, whose parishioners were the writer’s family. At the monument to Dostoevsky held a rally with the laying of flowers. For residents and guests of the city organized a thematic tour, showed the documentary film “Dostoevsky Intercontinental” and opened the exhibition “Iconography of Dostoevsky”.