Dostoyevsky commemoration day to be held in St. Petersburg
The day of commemoration of Fyodor Dostoyevsky will be held in St.Petersburg on Thursday.

The day of commemoration of Fyodor Dostoyevsky will be held in St.Petersburg on Thursday.
February 9 is the date of the great Russian writer` death, it has been 125 years since he died. For the first time funeral service in the memory of Fyodor Dostoyevsky is to be executed in Troitsky Cathedral of Alexadro-Nevskaya laura. Earlier requiem on the day of the writer`s death was held at the place of his grave.
Later, in the Necropolis of Art masters of Alexadro-Nevskaya laura flowers will be laid on the F. M. Dostoyevsky grave.
Later on this day Leonid Mozgovoy`s mono-play "Funny man", based on Dostoyevsky`s story "The dream of a funny man", is to be performed.
125 years since thewriter`s death is the first jubilee date, connected with his name this year. 500th anniversary of the Dostoyevskies kin will be commemorated in autumn 2006. International Dostoyevsky`s society will dedicate to it a number of festive events.