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Grushenka's House

Дом Грушеньки

Grushenka's house, as depicted in The Brothers Karamazov, was based on this pretty 1850s-era house. Privately owned.

Listing from Wikivoyage: Staraya Russa, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Дом Васильевых
29 набережная Глебова
Built 1898
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Dostoevsky Cultural Centre
Научно-культурный центр Ф.М.Достоевского
This neat little neoclassical building has small temporary exhibits on the life and works of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, but the main reason to come is if you are interested in having a local guide take you around the town's literary sites (in Russian).
Tue-Fri Sun 10:00-18:00RUB 70; tours: c. RUB 300
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На этом месте стоял дом священника Румянцева, где летом 1872 жил и работал Ф.М. Достоевский
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Saint George and Annunciation Church
Георгиевская церковь
Dating back to 1410, this stone church was the family church for the Dostoevskys during their summers here. In their first summer at Staraya Russa, the Dostoevsky family actually stayed at the house of the senior priest, Father Rumyantsev, and it was in his house that the writer finished his work Demons. While not a shining example of old Russian architecture, it has a good deal of country charm.