Original: His relations with Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky were often strained, as the two were, for various reasons, dismayed by Turgenev's seeming preference for Western Europe.
Simplified: Turgenev had an awkward relationship with two other famous Russian writers â "Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky criticised Turgenev for liking Western Europe and itâ s literature more than Russian Literature.