An interesting Dimitri Dostoyevsky interview here. Google translate would help you A LOT.

An interesting Dimitri Dostoyevsky interview here. Google translate would help you A LOT.

Ana Dostoyevskaya, D’s second wife.

Ana Dostoyevskaya, D’s second wife.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, D son with Ana.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, D son with Ana.

Andrei Fedorovich Dostoevsky (second sitting, left to right), D’s grandson, visiting Omsk literary museum named after his grandfather. 1968.

Andrei Fedorovich Dostoevsky (second sitting, left to right), D’s grandson, visiting Omsk literary museum named after his grandfather. 1968.

“The direct descendants, who continue the male line from Fyodor Mikhailovich, there are only two people: me and my son Alexei. I have three granddaughters. We are trying to change the situation. If a boy is born, it is clear how he will be named: Ivan. In “The Brothers Karamazov” which is considered the main work of Dostoevsky, they are as you know, - Ivan, Dmitri and Alexei. Dmitri and Alexei we have, it is up to Ivan.”
Dmitri Dostoyevsky, D’s great-grandson

“The direct descendants, who continue the male line from Fyodor Mikhailovich, there are only two people: me and my son Alexei. I have three granddaughters. We are trying to change the situation. If a boy is born, it is clear how he will be named: Ivan. In “The Brothers Karamazov” which is considered the main work of Dostoevsky, they are as you know, - Ivan, Dmitri and Alexei. Dmitri and Alexei we have, it is up to Ivan.”

Dmitri Dostoyevsky, D’s great-grandson

Alexei Dostoyevsky, D’s great great-grandson ( Dmitri’s son)

Alexei Dostoyevsky, D’s great great-grandson ( Dmitri’s son)

Dmitri Dostoyevsky, D’s great-grandson

Dmitri Dostoyevsky, D’s great-grandson

Mikhail Dostoyevsky, D’s older brother

Mikhail Dostoyevsky, D’s older brother

Friends and family at D’s grave.

Friends and family at D’s grave.

Apollinaria Suslova, the model for Dostoyevsky’s “proud women”, such as the two characters named Katerina Ivanovna, in Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoevsky proposed to her, but she rejected him and fled with another man. But Dostoevsky overtakes her in Paris, and they travel across Europe already together for entire 2 months. But in the end she was forced to leave him because of his strong addiction to the roulette (he lost everything, including her jewelry).

Apollinaria Suslova, the model for Dostoyevsky’s “proud women”, such as the two characters named Katerina Ivanovna, in Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoevsky proposed to her, but she rejected him and fled with another man. But Dostoevsky overtakes her in Paris, and they travel across Europe already together for entire 2 months. But in the end she was forced to leave him because of his strong addiction to the roulette (he lost everything, including her jewelry).

First standing up on the right (or number 12) is Andrey Andreyevich Dostoyevsky (son of Andrey), D’s nephew. He was geographer, here pictured on the Main Commission for the Census 1897.

First standing up on the right (or number 12) is Andrey Andreyevich Dostoyevsky (son of Andrey), D’s nephew. He was geographer, here pictured on the Main Commission for the Census 1897.

One of Dostovesky’s maternal great-grandfathers, and his maternal                grandmother

One of Dostovesky’s maternal great-grandfathers, and his maternal grandmother

Lyubov Fyodorovna, D’s daughter. Date unknown.

Lyubov Fyodorovna, D’s daughter. Date unknown.

Fyodor Fyodorovich, D’s son. Date unknown.

Fyodor Fyodorovich, D’s son. Date unknown.

Maria’s son, Pavel Isaev, Dostoevsky’s stepson

Maria’s son, Pavel Isaev, Dostoevsky’s stepson