At the Firing Squad: The Radical Works of a Young Dostoevsky Matthew James Seidel MM The Millions, May 3, 2017 | 11 books mentioned 10 8 min read 1. At 28, Fyodor Dostoevsky was about to die. The nightmare started when the police burst into his apartment and dragged him away in the middle of the night, along with the rest of the Petrashevsky Circle. This was a group made up of ..