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Dostoevsky Connections
Culture and Historic tour in St. Petersburg
Guide in Russia: Andrey Vereshchagin
Tour Price : Starting from 35 euros per person and above
Duration : 4 hours
Group Size : 2-8
The tour features connections of the great Russian writer and some of his heroes to St.Petersburg. The sequence may change.
We start from Michailovsky castle where Dostoyevsky studied and got his military engineer certificate, then passing near one of his first dwellings where he wrote his first original novel – the Poor Folk.
Then – a former apartment house (now – business centre) where he wrote his short novel the White Nights and was arrested in 1849 for a participation in a socialist circle (we shall see the secret police headquarters where he was delivered) to be incarcerated in Peter and Paul fortress.
From there we go to a place of the supposed capital punishment of the participants, in the former drill ground of Semyonovsky regiment. The last minute pardon changed the execution for a prison in Siberia, soldier’s service; he returned to St.Petersburg only 10 years after. We shall pass Kaznacheyskaya street in which he changed 3 apartments and where he wrote the Crime and the Punishment, the most St.Petersburg novel of all his creations. A supposed dwelling of Raskolnikov was nearby.
We shall also see a supposed house where the pawn-broker murdered by Raskolnikov lived. In 1867 Dostoyevsky got married to Anna Snitkina who had been his stenographer helping to write a short novel the Gambler in 26 days – they had their church marriage at the Trinity cathedral (to be passed).
We shall see the last apartment of Dostoyevsky in St.Petersburg where he died in 1881 visiting the museum inside and his tomb at the cemetery of Aleander Nevsky monastery. | Add your Opinion about this guide and tour here  |
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Guide Short Information  Guide: Andrey Vereshchagin
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian, English Airport Transfer: YES Hotel Reservation: YES Translation Service: YES Additional services of this guide:Interpreting, tickets - trains, flights, theatres, visa-free arrangements for sea cruise passengers
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| | | Short Information about Culture and Historic tour 'Dostoevsky Connections' in St. Petersburg, Russia : | | Tour Price: | Starting from 35 euros per person and above | | Duration: | 4 hours | | Group Size: | 2-8 | | Languages: | Russian, English | | Inclusions: | | Lunch : | NO | | Hotel pick-up: | YES | | English speaking private guide: | YES | | Exclusions: | | Hotel drop off : | NO | | Optional gratuities : | NO | | Food and drinks, unless specified : | NO | | Additional Info: | | This tour must be booked at least 7 days in advance of your travel date : | NO | | Confirmation of this product will be received at time of booking : | NO | | Tour is operated in English unless otherwise stated : | YES | | A minimum of 2 clients required for this tour to operate : | NO |
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