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Dostoevsky
dos-toh-YEF-skee
ˌdɒstəˈjɛfskiːListen
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Dostoevsky
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Russian surname.
- Meaning
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881), one of the greatest Russian novelists, author of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Idiot.
- Also spelled
- Dostoyevsky, Dostoïevski
Common mispronunciations
dos-toe-EV-skeeDOSS-toh-yev-skee
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