Today is the 135th anniversary of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky's death, and, as I noted in an earlier post, this year marks the 150th anniversary of Crime and Punishment's initial publication in serial form. I had the great fortune, when studying at Moscow State University on an ACTR program in 2001, and on a weekend trip to St. Petersburg, to take a Crime and Punishment tour.
Here are some photos from that excursion. To recap the basics: Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov is a college dropout who decides that a pawnbroker he's in debt to is a leech on society, and that killing her and stealing her pledges is justified. The rest is mainly psychological, moral, and religious drama leading to Rodya's eventual confession.
Related links:
Dostoevsky's Vision Linger is St. Petersburg from The Star (Toronto
Dostoyevsky's Vision Lingers in St. Petersburg from The Star (Toronto)
In the Step's of Raskolknikov - Pics & a good, simple map of the "crime walk"
Dostoyevsky's Peterburg from Macalester College
(Images below copyright (c) 2001 by Mark Eliot Nuckols, unless otherwise noted.)
Here are some photos from that excursion. To recap the basics: Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov is a college dropout who decides that a pawnbroker he's in debt to is a leech on society, and that killing her and stealing her pledges is justified. The rest is mainly psychological, moral, and religious drama leading to Rodya's eventual confession.
Related links:
Dostoevsky's Vision Linger is St. Petersburg from The Star (Toronto
Dostoyevsky's Vision Lingers in St. Petersburg from The Star (Toronto)
In the Step's of Raskolknikov - Pics & a good, simple map of the "crime walk"
Dostoyevsky's Peterburg from Macalester College
(Images below copyright (c) 2001 by Mark Eliot Nuckols, unless otherwise noted.)
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