On December 22, 1849, the 28-year-old Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky faced a firing squad for anti-government activities, alongside 21 of his comrades from a radical dissident group called the ...

The Russian novelist, a compulsive gambler, lost everything in the opulent spa and gambling towns of Baden-Baden, Bad Homburg and Wiesbaden. An admirer of his books follows his footsteps. The casino ...

The famous Russian author shows us what’s to fear in a world without God. The dogma of progress may never recover from the 20th century. Entire continents razed by war, whole peoples wiped from Earth, ...

The idea of turning Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment into a play is laughable. This sprawling novel is stuffed with seemingly endless conversations about the nature of madness, evil, and ...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, best known for his novels Crime And Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Idiot, was born in Moscow on November 11, 1821. Considered one of Russia's greatest writers, ...

Tens of thousands of dragooned serfs perished while draining the swamps to lay the foundations of St. Petersburg, and residents like to remind visitors that their city, enchanting though it may be, ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Jennifer Wilson THE GAMBLER WIFE A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky ...

Gambling and drug addiction, adultery and binge drinking – the great Russian authors, even the greatest of them, knew it all. No one is perfect, and even the greatest people struggle with their ...

Kurhaus, a Neoclassical spa structure in Wiesbaden. — Photos: FELIX SCHMITT/NYT “I have been five days in Wiesbaden and already I have lost everything, the whole lot, even my watch,” Fyodor ...