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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, shown in 1876, was introduced to a new generation of readers in 2024–25 when “White Nights” surged in popularity thanks to TikTok and Instagram users.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s first wife was Mariya Dmitriyevna Isayeva, a widow whom he married in 1857. Their marriage was unhappy, and she passed away seven years later.1
He later married his second wife, Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina, in 1867.2