In the warm evening of the July day, shortly before sunset, the miserable attic "right under the roof of a five-story building" throws out its oblique rays (quote from the book ) In great anguish lives Rodya Raskolnikov. From the very beginning of the work, the author shows us the oppressive atmosphere in which Rodya will live for the rest of the novel. For most of the story, in both frenzy and reflection, his delirium spills into the streets of St. Petersburg. Stops on the bridges, enters the dirty tavern Dostoyevsky's hero, Raskolnikov. The novel is immersed in the era, the era (the “Iron Age”). It is no coincidence that, through this novel, Dostoyevsky tried to bring Saint Petersburg to life. After all, there were two St. Petersburgs. One - a city created by the hands of ingenious architects, including St. Petersburg Palace Embankments and Palace Square, St. Petersburg Palace Coups and lush balls, all these things being one symbol of the greatness and prosperity of Russia, which still amazes tourists. this day. However, there was another, distant...