Dear Steemians. This is the eleventh in a series I'm posting to support Golos and expand the Steemit system. I'm a Russophile and I'm tremendously excited about the changes Russia is experiencing. I hope you enjoy it:
In this eleventh chapter lets take a look at the second part of Dostoyevsky's fascinating life.
Remember to pay attention to word endings.
We left him last time awaiting the firing squad after being convicted of revolutionary activities...
The soldiers loaded their guns
The soldiers
Солдаты
The soldier
Солдат
The gun
Пистолет
Dostoyevsky waited
Достоевский ждал
He waited to die
Он ждал, чтобы умереть
Ready, Aim...
Готов, Цель...
A messenger approached
Посланник пришел
From the Tsar
От царя
The Tsar
Царь
The death sentence was rescinded. Instead Dostoyevsky instead spent four years in a Siberian prison. After which he served as a private in the army...
Dostoyevsky was released.
Достоевский был освобожден.
He married
Он женился
He wrote Crime and Punishment
Он написал Преступление и наказание
He had a child.
У него был ребенок
The child died.
Ребенок умер
Dostoyevsky wept
Достоевский плакал
The couple travelled to Europe.
Пара путешествовала по Европе
Dostoyevsky was addicted to gambling
Достоевский пристрастился к азартным играм
He lost his money
Он потерял свои деньги
He lost his wife's money
Он проиграл деньги своей жены
He also lost all his wife's mother's money and his wife's brother's money
His wife died
Его жена умерла
Dostoyevsky returned to Russia and made a deal with a publisher. He had one year to deliver a manuscript. If he failed to deliver it in time, the publisher would own the rights to all his past and future work. After eleven months he had written...nothing...
He panicked
Он запаниковал
He could not finish
Он не мог закончить
He was worried he would lose everything
He was worried he would потерять все
to lose
потерять
everything
все
He hired a secretary
Он нанял секретаря
He finished the novel after 26 days of dictation
Он закончил роман
He finished on the final day
Он закончил в последний день
The future was secure
Будущее было безопасным
He asked the secretary to marry him
Он попросил секретаря выйти за него замуж
She said yes
Она сказала "Да"
to be continued...