benedict, who ruled the monastery for 27 years, in principle, he probably revived it from the ruins. i know that the days of dostoevsky have already become a tradition in optina pustyn; it is known that the great writer visited the monastery and this significantly influenced his work. today you are holding lectures and concerts on this topic. lord, why dostoevsky? after all, other famous people also visited optina pustyn. yes, leona, it’s very nice that you love our insult, the desert region. fyodor mikhailovich dostoevsky visited obtina pustyn in 1878, in order to meet with our great elder, reverend mamrosius, fyodor mikhailovich came with sorrow, his four-year-old son alyosha died, he came for consolation to the elder, for prayer, for support, and he received this consolation; he visited elder omroese three times during these days of his stay at the monastery. all this was reflected just in this novel that you mentioned , the karamazov brothers, yes, this is dorozhkovsky, this is the atmosphere, communication with the elder, the prototype of the elder zashima, there was father am