Widely known to the global audience for his major works, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky also has another, less known side, that of a columnist and commentator on the contemporary political, social, economic, and cultural reality surrounding him.

This side of his creative work is illuminated through the articles, comments, columns, and essays that he published from time to time in both the daily and periodical press of Russia during his many years of presence in the letters and arts of this great Northern country.

From the multitude of thousands of pages published under his name in newspapers and magazines of his time, a special place is held by the texts included in the well-known, for years, to readers from other countries besides Russia, 'Diaries of the Writer.'

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