How did gambling and prostitution help Fyodor Dostoevsky create the Big Five?
Today is the 205th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian writer. Dostoyevsky's novels became famous not only in Russia, but also far beyond its borders - so deeply did he reveal moral problems in his works.
But did you know that Dostoyevsky, when he created heroes immersed in vices and sunk to the bottom of society, relied on his own experience and mistakes and apparently drew inspiration from this?
Read about the writer's main passions, which are reflected in the pages of his works, and how he struggles with his weaknesses in our cards.