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How were Dostoevsky's real walks around St. Petersburg reflected in the novel Crime and Punishment?

Dostoevsky made extensive use of the real topography of St. Petersburg in describing the places in his novel Crime and Punishment. As the writer admitted, he compiled a description of the courtyard in which Raskolnikov hides things stolen from the pawnbroker's apartment from personal experience - when one day, walking around the city, Dostoevsky turned into a deserted courtyard in order to relieve himself.

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