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Dostoyevsky or Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich

Dostoyevsky or Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich (fyô'dur mēkhī'luvich dustuyef'skē) [key], 1821–81, Russian novelist, one of the towering figures of world literature.

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