Editing Fyodor Dostoevsky (section)

==Death==
[[File:Dostoyevsky on his Bier, Kramskoy.jpg|upright|thumb|left|Dostoevsky on his [[bier]], drawing by [[Ivan Kramskoi]], 1881]]
[[File:Санкт-Петербург, Тихвинское кладбище, могила Ф.М. Достоевского.JPG|upright|thumb|Dostoevsky's grave in Saint Petersburg]]

On {{OldStyleDate|6 February|1881|25 January}}, while searching for members of the terrorist organisation [[Narodnaya Volya]] ("The People's Will") who would soon assassinate [[Alexander II of Russia|Tsar Alexander II]], the Tsar's secret police executed a search warrant in the apartment of one of Dostoevsky's neighbours.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} On the following day, Dostoevsky suffered a [[pulmonary haemorrhage]]. Anna denied that the search had caused it, saying that the haemorrhage had occurred after her husband had been looking for a dropped pen-holder.{{efn|The haemorrhage could also have been triggered by heated disputes with his sister Vera about his aunt Aleksandra Kumanina's estate, which was settled on 30 March and discussed in the St Petersburg City Court on 24 July 1879.{{sfnp|Sekirin|1997|pp=309–16}}{{sfnp|Lantz|2004|p=xxxiii}} Anna later acquired a part of his estate consisting of around 185 [[desiatina]] (around 500 acres or 202 [[hectare|ha]]) of forest and 92 desiatina of farmland.{{sfnp|Lantz|2004|p=223}}}} After he suffered another haemorrhage, Anna called the doctors, who gave a poor prognosis. A third haemorrhage followed shortly afterwards.{{sfnp|Frank|2003|pp=707–50}}{{sfnp|Kjetsaa|1989|pp=368–71}} While seeing his children before dying, Dostoevsky requested the [[parable of the Prodigal Son]] to be read to his children. The profound meaning of this request is pointed out by [[Joseph Frank (writer)|Joseph Frank]]:
<blockquote>It was this parable of transgression, repentance, and forgiveness that he wished to leave as a last heritage to his children, and it may well be seen as his own ultimate understanding of the meaning of his life and the message of his work.{{sfnp|Frank|2010|p=925}}</blockquote>

Among Dostoevsky's last words was his quotation of {{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Matthew|chapter=3|verse=14|range=–15}}: "But John forbad him, saying, I have a need to be baptised of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness", and he finished with "Hear now—permit it. Do not restrain me!".{{sfnp|Kjetsaa|1989|pp=371–72}} His last words to his wife Anna were: "Remember, Anya, I have always loved you passionately and have never been unfaithful to you ever, even in my thoughts!"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mikhailova |first1=Valeriya |title=To be the wife of Fyodor Dostoevsky (part 4) |url=https://bloggerskaramazov.com/2017/03/06/anna-grigorievna-4/ |website=Bloggers Karamazov |date=March 6, 2017}}</ref> When he died, his body was placed on a table, following Russian custom. He was interred in the [[Tikhvin Cemetery]] at the [[Alexander Nevsky Lavra|Alexander Nevsky Convent]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.md.spb.ru/dostoevsky/Dostoevsky_Petersburg/?more |title=Dostoevsky in Petersburg |publisher=[[Dostoevsky Museum|F.M. Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum]] |access-date=5 November 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325192707/http://eng.md.spb.ru/dostoevsky/Dostoevsky_Petersburg/?more |archive-date=25 March 2016 }}</ref> near his favourite poets, [[Nikolay Karamzin]] and [[Vasily Zhukovsky]]. It is unclear how many attended his funeral. According to one reporter, more than 100,000 mourners were present, while others describe attendance between 40,000 and 50,000. His tombstone is inscribed with lines from the New Testament:{{sfnp|Frank|2003|pp=707–50}}{{sfnp|Kjetsaa|1989|pp=373 et seqq}}

{{blockquote|Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it dies, it bringeth forth much fruit.|source={{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=John|chapter=12|verse=24}}}}