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Dostoevsky was part of the literary circles of St. Petersburg, Russia. He was a member of the Petrashevsky Circle, which was a group of intellectuals who met to discuss social and political issues. The group was eventually disbanded by the Russian government, and Dostoevsky was arrested and sentenced to death. However, his sentence was commuted to four years of hard labor in Siberia. After his release, Dostoevsky returned to St.