In what year was Dostoevsky arrested?
1850
1847
1849
1852
Answer
Dostoevsky was arrested in 1849. The arrest was due to his involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle, a group of intellectuals who met to discuss social and political issues. Dostoevsky was sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to four years of hard labor in Siberia.
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