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Noun: Rodya Raskolnikov
  1. The protagonist in Dostoevsky's novel 'Crime and Punishment' who murders a pawnbroker and her sister, believing himself morally superior to ordinary humans
    "Rodya Raskolnikov's psychological torment drives the narrative";
    - Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, Raskolnikov

Type of: character, fictional character, fictitious character

Encyclopedia: Rodya Raskolnikov