In social networks, you can often find posts that the great writer smoked more than seven cigarettes with marijuana per day, and while working on the novel “Idiot” - up to 15. We checked the reliability of this information.
For several years, posts have been surfacing on the Web that scientists allegedly discovered in the exhumed bones and hair of Fedor Dostoevsky cannabinoids. From this discovery, scientists allegedly concluded that the writer drew inspiration, including from narcotic substances. Similar information can be found in various blogs, Online magazines, on forums, in Telegram-channels, on the pages in Facebook, "VKontakte"And other social networks.
According to a note circulating on the Internet, after the exhumation and examination of Dostoevsky’s remains in the bones and hair of the writer, a substance was discovered Tetragidrocannabinol. First of all, it is worth noting that theoretically such an examination is possible. This is confirmed by the find of researchers from Italy, who in January 2024 conducted a toxicological analysis of the found human bones of the 1600s and discovered There are traces of tetrahydrocannabinol. In addition, archeotoxicological Analyzes Samples of hair collected from the Peruvian mummies of the pre -Columbian era revealed the presence of cocaine or nicotine. In some others research cocaine, nicotine and cannabis were found in the hair, bones and soft tissues of Egyptian mummies, but some Researchers They question the reliability of the results of these works.
Nevertheless, “verified” did not find any reliable information about the alleged exhumation of the remains of Dostoevsky. According to official sources, they still rest in the Tikhvinsky cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg, where the writer was Buried in 1881.
The writer was really known for his passion for smoking tobacco, and this confirms The great -grandson of Fedor Mikhailovich in an interview with the auditor information portal. However, neither in biographies, nor in the memoirs of contemporaries, nor in the studies associated with Dostoevsky’s life, the content of cannabis in his cigarettes is mentioned. Moreover, the detail that cannabis was added to tobacco to attract customers has no historical evidence. In the XIX century in Russia, tobacco was Popular The product, and hardly one of the manufacturers added marijuana to cigarettes for the purpose of commercial benefits.
The mention of the family of currants and their shop in the blacksmith market, from which the cigarettes allegedly brought Dostoevsky, is also an invention. In the XIX century, the plot market is now located, belonged The Vladimir Church was built up by warehouses until the 20th century. The first market on this place appeared only in 1927, 46 years after the death of Dostoevsky.
For the first time note On the exhumation of the remains of the writer appeared on September 25, 2015 in Facebook by the artist and writer, the author of numerous absurd-satirical texts of Igor Ponochevnoy. Ukrainian portal "Apostrophe" suggestedthat the Ponocal came up with this story in response to the decision of the Investigative Committee of Russia. His employees wanted to exhumer the remains of Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Fedorovna in order to resume the investigation of the murder of the royal family. Although there are no connections between these events as such, it can only be noted that the Ponochevny published his note two days after Ads About the exhumation of the remains of the royal family. In any case, users of social networks have been sharing the Ponevnoye note for almost ten years, sometimes indicating its authorship and clarifying that the text is humorous, but more often anonymously and without any context.
Thus, all facts indicate that Igor Ponochevny's article is completely fictional. Elements of real history are mixed in it (for example, Dostoevsky and his love of smoking), invented details (cigarettes with cannabis, a family of currants, exhumation), as well as an incorrect historical context.
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