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Omsk DostoFest in Omsk
DostoFest is understood to be an Omsk cultural festival honoring Fyodor Dostoevsky, who served four years of katorga penal servitude in the city from 1850 to 1854, an experience that shaped his novel Notes from the House of the Dead. Confirmation of the event's exact official name, current format and organizer could not be completed this session.
Fyodor Dostoevsky's four years of penal servitude in Omsk, from 1850 to 1854, followed his arrest for involvement in a radical discussion circle and a commuted death sentence, and the experience left a permanent mark on his writing.