Dostoevsky and World Culture Dostoevsky and World Culture 2619-0311 2712-8512 IWL RAS https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2020-1-201-255 Articles VII Summer Readings in Darovoye Victorovich Vladimir A. fedor@dostmirkult.ru Bessonova Albina S. fedor@dostmirkult.ru 2020 1 1 201 255 reception history understanding and interpretation Dostoevsky's Darovoe estate new archival documents creating a Museum Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 The article presents an overview of the seventh edition of Darovoe Summer Readings, held in Zaraysk (Moscow region), and in Dostoevsky’s estate in the village of Darovoe. The Readings focused on two topics: the reception of Dostoevsky’s work, and the search for archival documents about the context of the early biography and the creative sources of the author of The Brothers Karamazov. The closing round table was dedicated to the perspective developments of the Museum in the land of the writer’s childhood.