F. M. Dostoevsky: biography in photographs

The collection of photographic materials of The Vladimir Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature, related to the life and work of F. M. Dostoevsky, is the largest such collection and currently includes 2540 items. The collection of photographs is based on the memorial collection of A. G. Dostoevskaya from the Memorial Museum of F. M. Dostoevsky. In the 1930s, it was transferred to the F. M. Dostoevsky Museum, established in Moscow in 1928, and after its merge with the State Literary Museum in 1940 (since 2017 - The Vladimir Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature), it became a part of its photography collection. The compendium of photographs related to the life and work of Fedor Dostoevsky continued to grow in the following years. The article provides a comprehensive description of the collection of photos based on two main criteria: by the type of material - original photos, reshot photos, duplicate photos; by genre and thematic content of the images - portraits of F. M. Dostoevsky, portraits of relatives, portraits of children of F. M. Dostoevsky, nephews, descendants, portraits of friends, acquaintances, contemporaries, sights of places related to the biography of F. M. Dostoevsky. The article analyzes the accompanying inscriptions and autographs on the photographs, specifies the dating and location of the images, which allows to make corrections and additions to the Chronicle of the life and work of F. M. Dostoevsky . Based on a comparative analysis of the translator's gift autograph on his photo, the facts of F. M. Dostoevsky's biography, and the analysis of F. M. Dostoevsky's letter to an unidentified person dated December 5, 1863, an assumption is made that the addressee of the letter is W. Wolfzon.