/lit/ - Literature

We already know who the two best russian writers in history are, but who is the third best?

>Oh well, you know, Dostoyevsky is actually a "western" author, Tolstoy was much more Russian
>Yeah, Dostoyevsky is actually way more popular in the west than in Russia
t. some faggot from St. Petersburg
I've heard these lines more than once, and it has to be the most retarded /lit/ related bullshit I've ever heard.

“Did you know that society forgot God and embraced the false lie of earthly pleasures thus depriving man of his moral compass and allowing the most unchristian behaviour to become rampant and widespread, I am a humble, modest and unwilling observer to such sights”

>cheats on his wife
>seduces teenage girl
>drinks vodka until he vomits on a toddler

“As a servant of God I suffer surrounded by such an iniquitous society, I persevere though my moral instruction and guidance to the masses”

>gambles away life’s savings
>fantasies about killing Poles
>begs relatives for money

“Therefore man must learn to be humble and as a vessel of the divine I shall educate him on how to be so”

>visits whorehouse
>commits tax fraud
>traumatises wife and kids

Tolstoy > Pseudstoevsky

Who wins?

Why are these 2 usually paired together as the greatest geniuses of literature? Are they just that much better and more relevant than most other authors?

Who are your favorite Russian authors who aren't Dostoevsky and Tolstoy?