The novelist and his city Petersburg Dostoevsky

It seems to us that the presence of Petersburg in the works of Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Andrei Bely, and Aleksandr Lukash is natural and ordinary, for the literature they wrote is imbued with the spirit of this city with its captivating beauty, charm, and allure, so much so that it is difficult not to flow into the creativity of those who knew it, whether they were painters, writers, or poets. It is not only an inspiring city, but it is a living entity that each person who knows it has a special relationship with, a unique relationship that is not repeated. Cities, like people, have faces; each city has a face, but Petersburg is extremely diverse, adaptable to change. Sometimes it seems close to you, familiar; other times it appears strange and wondrous: Petersburg is a city of changing moods, its temperament shifting in a moment. Sometimes this depends on the light or the sun, so its sky may be clear and radiant, and at other times it appears gloomy and repulsive. Like all living beings, Petersburg is affected by the circumstances of time and the judgments of the ages, showing signs of aging and frustration, reflecting feelings of boredom and exhaustion. As for the people, they deal with it as they do with other humans; some fall in love with it, while others see it as if it were a soulless stranger. For Dostoevsky, Petersburg is the most deliberately and starkly different city in the world, and he describes his relationship with it through his characters, saying: "...It is double misery to live in Petersburg... It is a city of almost mad people... It is rare to encounter all these intense, sharp, strange influences on the human spirit as one does in Petersburg..."