The exhibition addresses one of Dostoevsky's most controversial novels and shows how the idea of growing up, searching for an ideal, and confronting a chaotic era is revealed through objects, documents, and visual interpretations. The viewer is reminded that the author referred to the foundation of the work as "strong impressions," experienced by the heart and connected to the nervous time in which a new generation was forming. The focus is on the young hero, seeking support amidst temptations, family conflicts, and social contradictions; it is through his internal monologues and doubts that Dostoevsky speaks about the price of personal freedom and responsibility. Criminal motives, philosophical debates, and everyday details are intertwined in such a way that the psychological line becomes the main drama of the text. The exhibition combines 19th-century furniture, coins, magazine publications, copies of manuscripts, and graphic works created by artists who carefully read the characters and situations of the novel. The illustrations by Viktor Vilner and Mikhail Reiter emphasize the tension between secret vices and high aspirations, as well as the fragility of adolescent self-esteem. Thanks to this combination of material evidence from the era and a contemporary perspective on Dostoevsky's prose, the viewer feels more distinctly how the literary plot continues to resonate with the anxieties of the current reality. We tell you how to organize leisure in St. Petersburg.