it is believed that Mikhail Dostoevsky was murdered by his own serfA serf is a laborer who is bound to the land. Serfs differ from slaves in that serfs cannot be sold apart from the land which they work. Typically, when serfdom prevailed, the land itself could not be sold because it was associated with political powers (s, who reportedly became enraged during one of Mikhail's drunken fits of violence, restrained him, and poured vodkaVodka wodka in Polish, #x301 in Russian) is a clear, typically colorless liquor, usually distilled from fermented grain. Except for insignificant amounts of flavorings, vodka consists of water and alcohol ( ethanol). Vodka usually has an alcohol content r into his mouth until he drowned. Another story was that Mikhail died of natural causes, and a neighboring landowner cooked up this story of a peasant rebellion so he could buy the estate cheaply. Regardless of what may have actually happened, Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud ( May 6, 1856 September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, a movement that popularized the theory that unconscious motives control much behavior. He became interested in hypnotis focused on this tale in his famous article, Dostoevsky and Parricide (1928).