What was the name of the literary group Dostoevsky joined in Saint Petersburg in 1847?

The literary group Dostoevsky joined in Saint Petersburg in 1847 was the Petrashevsky Circle.

The group gathered around Mikhail Petrashevsky and discussed literature, philosophy, social reform, and political ideas. Its members included writers, civil servants, students, and other educated participants who opposed aspects of autocratic rule and serfdom.

Dostoevsky attended meetings and read works associated with French socialism, but the circle was not a single, tightly organized revolutionary party. Members held different views, and historians distinguish the broader discussion group from smaller circles with more radical activity.

In 1849, authorities arrested many participants. Dostoevsky was sentenced to death, taken to a mock execution, and then commuted to Siberian penal labor. That experience profoundly shaped his later fiction and political thought.