Кто автор некрологов по случаю смерти М. М. Достоевского?
Who is the Author of Obituary notices of Mikhail Dostoevsky's Death?

Summary/Abstract: While studying the reception of Dostoevsky’s activity in his lifetime critical reviews O. Zakharova raised a question of attribution of the obituaries and death notices of Mikhail Dostoevsky published in Russian newspapers in July 1864. A number of traits such as personal drama of the character, inner modesty and dignity of the style made the obituary an extraordinary phenomenon of this genre in Russian periodicals of the 1860s. The article asserts that some materials and the obituary notice published in the “Illustrated Newspaper” belonged to Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is evidenced by the facts of Mikhail Dostoevsky’s disease and death, by unknown or little-known details of his life, death, editorial activity, by the role of Fyodor Dostoevsky in organizing the funeral, and by semantic and stylistic similarities in the narration of his brother’s last days in the obituaries published in the “Illustrated Newspaper” (July 16, 1864) and “Epoch” (August 20, 1864), in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s letters to his brother Andrei Dostoevsky (July 29, 1864) and to his friend A.E. Vrangel (March 31- April 14, 1865). The fact that the editor of the “Illustrated Newspaper” V.R. Zotov took part in the funeral ceremony for Mikhail Dostoevsky made the publication of the obituary possible. The funeral was conducted on Monday and the newspaper used to be released on Thursdays. Thus, the text could be handed over during the funeral service and Fyodor Dostoevsky could bring the obituary to the editorial office on Tuesday or Wednesday.

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