Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky is the greatest Russian writer in world literature. His name is included in the list of the 100 most studied personalities in history. He was born on October 30, 1821. He died of epilepsy and emphysema on January 28, 1881. Emphysema is a disease in which gas accumulates anywhere in the body. The first novel, Unfortunate People, was shown in 1846. He was arrested in 1849 on charges of conspiracy against the state. After eight months in prison, he was immediately pardoned along with eight other prisoners after being shot and exiled to Siberia for four years. He earned his living only from writing. The writer's first wife, Maria Dmitriyevna, died of tuberculosis, and she was the prototype of the protagonist, Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova, in the author's Crime and Punishment. The protagonist also died of tuberculosis. Dostoevsky was very jealous. He was also addicted to gambling. Dostoevsky's last work was the Karmazov Brothers (1880). He finished writing in two years. The work of the Karmazov Brothers is considered the culmination of the writer's creativity. The writer, who suffered from lung disease, was banned from physical activity by doctors. One day, while writing, Dostoevsky was bleeding when he tried to pick up a pen that had fallen to the ground, and two days later the writer died. He is the author of such famous works as Humiliated and Insulted People, Notes from the House of the Dead, Crime and Punishment, Gambler, Idiot, Teenager, Similar, White Nights.