Who commuted Dostoevsky's death sentence at the last moment?
The Tsar
The Firing Squad Commander
The Pope
Tsarist Russia
Answer
Tsarist Russia commuted Dostoevsky's death sentence at the last moment. Dostoevsky was a Russian novelist and philosopher who was sentenced to death for his participation in the Petrashevsky Circle, a group of intellectuals who were accused of plotting to overthrow the Tsar. However, his sentence was commuted to four years of hard labor in Siberia.
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