Dostoevsky never gives up his fundamental trust that every person is human, and therefore motivated by thirst for “pravda.” Dostoevsky leaves us with a remarkable gift: that fantastic realism which helps us see, in daily life and below its surface, the man/God struggle in process – a powerful insight of hope

But when his last words did sound, they smacked of normalcy – if not mediocrity. Those words, proffered to his wife on the 9th of February 1881 were, “I loved you and did not cheat on you once, not even in my thoughts.”

The question of Dostoevsky and the Jews has provoked controversy from the 1870s to the present. Dostoevsky's essay “The Jewish Question,” published in the March 1877 issue of his Diary of a Writer, portrays Jews as implacable enemies of the Russian people and yet calls for their full rights.

Demons is an allegory of the potentially catastrophic consequences of the political and moral nihilism that were becoming prevalent in Russia in the 1860s. A fictional town descends into chaos as it becomes the focal point of an attempted revolution, orchestrated by master conspirator Pyotr Verkhovensky.

 Dostoevsky was not a socialist. While he initially showed some interest in socialist ideas, particularly in his early life, he became a staunch critic of socialism, especially its utopian and atheistic aspects. He viewed socialism as a threat to individual freedom and spiritual values, and his later works, like The Possessed, strongly critique socialist ideology

Dostoevsky often goes into complex topics, purpose and meaning of life, the search for meaning, the nature of free will, the existence of God, religion, the nature of evil, suffering, and morality, prompting us, the readers, to reflect on our beliefs and philosophies

The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder. Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing. To love someone means to see them as God intended them. I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists.
Did Dostoevsky believe in nihilism? Dostoevsky did not believe in nihilism. Crime and Punishment is designed to show the danger of such a philosophy, since Raskolnikov hurts others, including his own family, due to his belief in nihilism.
Dostoevsky was deeply Eastern Orthodox and religious themes are found throughout his works, especially in those written after his release from prison in 1854.
 Ayn Rand claims in “What Is Romanticism?” In another essay, “Art and Sense of Life,” she explains that she likes Dostoevsky “for his superb mastery of plot structure and for his merciless dissection of the psychology of evil . . .”
Freud believes Dostoevsky's Russian nationalism and religious fanaticism that marked his political philosophy later in life were submissions to father figures as self-inflicted penance: “[He] accepted the undeserved punishment at the hands of the Little Father, the Tsar, as a substitute for the punishment he deserved ...



Tolstoy is considered one of the giants of Russian literature; his works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina and novellas such as Hadji Murad and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis in the 1870s, followed by a profound spiritual awakening. Instead of accepting the world as it was, he saw the need for a new humanistic consciousness. He saw that his family was blessed with a lot of wealth and property while so many other people were going hungry.
Perhaps Tolstoy's most famous work, and also his longest — War and Peace is utterly epic in scope, length, and reputation. The novel is regarded as one of the best ever written, but was actually described by Tolstoy as “not a novel” at all.
"War and Peace" is often considered a challenging read due to its length and the large number of characters, but it's not necessarily difficult in terms of language or complex plot twists. While the sheer size of the book and the initial unfamiliarity with Russian names and relationships can be daunting, many readers find that with a bit of effort, they can get drawn into the story and appreciate the depth and richness of the narrative

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
Tolstoy's rejection of “Anna Karenina” mirrored his rejection of conventional societal norms, materialism, and the trappings of the aristocracy.
Tolstoy did believe in God, but his understanding of faith and God was unconventional and evolved throughout his life. He rejected the doctrines and rituals of the Russian Orthodox Church, which he saw as corrupt, and instead developed his own form of Christian belief centered on the ethical teachings of Jesus, particularly the Sermon on the Moun

Tolstoy took people born a generation or more after the events of 1812 and transposed their ages and relationships. The characters were so true to life that his family recognized themselves as they read the pages of the novel. He also used his eye for telling details to make his characters believable
Leo Tolstoy was not a communist. Despite deploring capitalism and private land ownership, Tolstoy was an anarchist. Tolstoy believed a small, limited government may be necessary, but if the true theories of Christianity were incorporated, there would be no need of a bureaucratic government.
The first sentence of Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina is: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Here Tolstoy means that for a family to be happy, several key aspects must be given (such as good health of all family members, acceptable financial security, and mutual affection) ...

1 Nevertheless, when Dostoevsky died, Tolstoy wrote: “I never saw the man, and never had any direct relations with him, and suddenly when he died I realized that he was the very closest, dearest, and most necessary man for me.”2 One gets the feeling that Tolstoy could only have said this after Dostoevsky died, that ...

Tolstoy wrote that he never sought to part ways with the Russian Orthodox Church, but the more he studied, the more he disagreed with its teachings. [11] Tolstoy was excommunicated from the Church in 1901, following the publication of Resurrection