How did Russian composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky describe Karl Davydov?
Karl Davydov Karl Yulievich Davydov (Russian: Карл Юльевич Давыдов ; 15 March [O.S. 3 March] 1838 26 February [O.S. 14 February] 1889 ) was a Russian cellist of great renown during his time, and described by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the "czar of cellists". He was also a composer, mainly for the cello.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky ( ; Russian: Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский ; ] ; 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of realistic philosophical and religious themes.