Photo credit: Dostoevsky in 1863 / A. Bauman / ru.wikipedia.org (Public domain)
A monument to writer Fyodor Dostoevsky will be installed in Florence, TASS reports. Russian Ambassador Sergei Razov announced the news during a speech at an event dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the writer. The event took place yesterday at the ambassador's residence.
Razov recalled that Dostoevsky was very fond of Italy. He lived in Milan, Rome, Naples. But Florence was his greatest delight. It was here that he finished one of his most famous works - The Idiot.
According to the Russian ambassador, the opening of the monument is scheduled for next month. It is created by the Russian sculptor Aydin Zeynalov.
For the anniversary of the writer, the Museum of the Florentine Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore presented the St. Petersburg Museum of Dostoevsky with an image of the bronze doors of the Florence baptistery. They were created by Lorenzo Ghiberti in the 15th century and were called by Michelangelo the Gates of Paradise. According to the legend, Dostoevsky more than once talked about his dream: to buy a life-size image of the gate and hang it in his office. Now, after 150 years, this dream comes true. The image of the gate can be seen at an exhibition in St. Petersburg dedicated to the anniversary of the writer.
Russkiy Mir
