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Dostoevsky's
Crime and Punishment
. Those who claim this is the place go further,
saying that Rodion retrieved the murder weapon from a street-sweeper's storage bin
inside the tunnel leading to the courtyard.
The house is marked by a sculpture of Dostoevsky. The inscription says something
to the effect of 'The tragic fate of the people of this area of St Petersburg formed the
foundation of Dostoevsky's passionate sermon of goodness for all mankind'.
Other Dostoevsky connoisseurs argue that it woud be more appropriate if
Raskolnikov's attic apartment was located further down the street at No 9, which is
otherwise unmarked.
MMUSSEUUM
RAILWAY MUSEUM
Sadovaya ul 50; adult/student/child R100/50/30; 11am-5.30pm Sun-Thu; Sadovaya)
This quirky museum near Sennaya pl houses a collection of scale locomotives and
model railway bridges, often made by the same engineers that built the real ones. The
oldest such collection in the world, the museum dates to 1809, 28 years before Russia
had its first working train! It includes models of the
Yenisey Bridge,
the ship that once
carried passengers and trains across Lake Baikal. No matter how many overnight
trains you have ridden, you are unlikely to recognise the sumptuous 1903 Trans-
Siberian wagon, complete with piano salon and bathtub.
MUSEUM OF RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY
Trainspotters should hasten to view the impressive collection of decommis-
sioned locomotives at the
Museum of Railway Technology
(nab kanala Obvodnogo
118; adult/child R200/1000; 11am-5.30pm Tue-Sun; Baltiyskaya; )
, behind the old
Warsaw Station. Some 75 nicely painted and buffed engines and carriages dat-
ing back to the late 19th century are on display, as well as a mobile intercontin-
