# Nikolay Dementyev — Crime and Punishment character guide

> Nikolay Dementyev in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Nikolay

**First appearance:** 0013-part-ii-v

## Who they are

A house painter who is initially suspected of the pawnbroker's murder after he falsely confesses.

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