St. Petersburg is often times referred to as Dostoyevsky's city. The great Russian novelist spent most of his adult life here and wrote some of his most famous works here including "The Brothers Karamazov" and "Crime and Punishment." Moreover, the city itself, including the landscape and climate, act as an important backdrop in many of his works. Ironically, until 1997 there was no official monument to the writer in the city. Many say this was do to a lack of initiative on the part of city planners and a lack of money.The image of Dostoyevsky seems to be appropriately studying the people he wrote such much about. The writer's eyes seem especially penetrating. His forehead shows a scowl and his eyebrows are slightly knit. There is no chair, so as perhaps not to take away from the aura of the man.