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Raskolnikov's Petersburg

The novel happens in a few hot, crowded streets of Saint Petersburg. Scroll to follow Raskolnikov from his garret to the Hay Market and beyond.

Neva Vassilyevsky Island Petrovsky Island bridge canal Garret Pawnbroker Hay Market Police Sonia Siberia, far east

Sketch map, not to scale

  1. Part 1, Chapter 1

    730 steps

    From his coffin-like garret Raskolnikov walks to the pawnbroker's flat, counting.

    Listen: Part 1, Chapter 1
  2. Part 1, Chapter 7

    The crime

    Up a dark staircase to the fourth floor.

    Listen: Part 1, Chapter 7
  3. Part 2, Chapter 1

    Summoned

    Called in about a debt, he faints when the murder comes up.

    Listen: Part 2, Chapter 1
  4. Part 2, Chapter 2

    To Razumihin's

    He crosses the river to his friend's room on Vassilyevsky Island.

    Listen: Part 2, Chapter 2
  5. Part 2, Chapter 2

    On the bridge

    Lashed by a coachman's whip on the Nikolaevsky Bridge, he throws a coin into the Neva.

    Listen: Part 2, Chapter 2
  6. Part 1, Chapter 5

    The Hay Market

    Crowds, taverns and gossip. Here he first heard the pawnbroker would be alone.

    Listen: Part 1, Chapter 5
  7. Part 4, Chapter 4

    Sonia's room

    By the canal, Sonia reads him the story of Lazarus.

    Listen: Part 4, Chapter 4
  8. Part 4, Chapter 5

    Porfiry

    The magistrate's office, and a game of cat and mouse.

    Listen: Part 4, Chapter 5
  9. Part 6, Chapter 6

    The islands

    Svidrigaïlov's last wanderings take him out to the islands.

    Listen: Part 6, Chapter 6
  10. Part 6, Chapter 8

    Confession

    He kneels in the Hay Market, then walks to the police station.

    Listen: Part 6, Chapter 8
  11. Epilogue, Chapter 2

    Siberia

    A prison by a wide river, and the start of a new life.

    Listen: Epilogue, Chapter 2