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Birth
Dostoevsky is born in Moscow in the Russian Empire -
Schooling
Dostoevsky is sent to French Boarding School -
Schooling
Dostoevsky enrolls at a Military Engineering Institute in St Petersburg. He is uninterested in math and science and does not fit in well. -
Employment
Dostoevsky takes a job as a lieutenant engineer. He travels frequently to Tallinn, Estonia where he visits his brother. He attends plays, operas and ballets -
First Works
Poor Folk, his first work, is published. It is a commercial success. -
Arrest
Dostoevsky is arrested for involvement in a socialist literary group that reads banned books. He is at first sentenced to death but this ruling is changed to exile in Siberia. -
Exile
Begins prison labour in Omsk, Siberia -
Marriage
Meets his first wife -
Release From Prison
Released from prison but still forced to work for the military in Siberia. -
Return to Russia
Returns to St Petersburg. Struggles to publish works that are well received. -
Travels Europe
Travels across much of Western Europe. He is horrified by some facets of the industrial revolution. -
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment is published. One of his most renowned works. -
2nd Marriage
Marries his second wife, Anna. They have four children but only two survive childhood. -
Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov is published. -
Speech
Delivers a famous speech on Pushkin, another famous Russian writer, to crowds in Moscow -
Death
Dostoevsky dies in St Petersburg of a lung hemorrhage at age 59