12 Facts About Anna Dostoevskaya

Anna Grigoryevna Dostoevskaya was a Russian memoirist, stenographer, and assistant, as well as the second wife of writer Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Anna Dostoevskaya was one of the first female philatelists in Russia.

On 4 October 1866, Anna Dostoevskaya Snitkina started working as a stenographer on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Gambler.

Anna Dostoevskaya seems to have succeeded, like Dostoevsky himself, in divorcing his gambling mania from his moral personality, and in regarding it as something extraneous to his true character.

Back in St Petersburg Anna Dostoevskaya gave birth to two sons Fyodor and Alexey.

Anna Dostoevskaya took over all finance issues, including publishing business matters and negotiations, and soon liberated her husband from debt.

Anna Dostoevskaya was recommended by her professor to Fyodor Dostoevsky to help him complete his novel The Gambler.

Anna Dostoevskaya's family were great admirers of Dostoevsky, particularly her father, who had read all of his books.

Anna Dostoevskaya did not have the career she planned but she was essential to Dostoevsky's work.

Anna Dostoevskaya took over sales of his novels, particularly Demons, from their apartment in St Petersburg, and began managing his business affairs.

Anna Dostoevskaya was annoyed that her husband did not consider women of her generation capable of persistence or devotion to anything.

Anna Dostoevskaya decided to collect stamps and filled up her collection throughout her life.