Andrey Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (Russian: Андрей Михайлович Достоевский; March 27, 1825 – March 19, 1897) was a Russian architect, engineer, memoirist, building restorer, father of renowned histologist and a brother of famous writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Andrey was not as close with Fyodor as his elder brother Mikhail, but they were also friends. They corresponded throughout their lives. Andrey Dostoyevsky's Memoirs (Russian: Воспоминания, Vospominania), first published in 1930, contain a lot of information on the early years of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's life. Memoirs covers the period of time from 1825 to 1871 and was written in the eight months between 1895—1896.