Fyodor Dostoevsky and Feodor Dostoevsky are two different spellings of the same name belonging to the famous Russian author of the same name. Fyodor Dostoevsky was a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher whose works explored human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia. His most acclaimed works include Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Notes from Underground.