[dos-tuh-yef-skee, duhs-; Russ. duh-stuh-yef-skyee] 
Fyo⋅dor Mi⋅khai⋅lo⋅vich [fyoh-der mi-kahy-luh-vich; Russ. fyaw-duh r myi-khahy-luh-vyich] , 1821–81, Russian novelist. |
| Dos·to·yev·sky or Dos·to·ev·ski (dŏs'tə-yěf'skē, -toi-, dŭs-) Russian writer whose works combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight. His four great novels are Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1868-1869), The Possessed (1871), and The Brothers Karamazov (1879-1880). Dos'to·yev'ski·an adj. |