← All characters

Crime and Punishment · Character

Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov

A clerk at the police station who is suspicious of Raskolnikov. Raskolnikov engages him in a provocative conversation about the murder.

minor

Also known as Zametov, Mr. Zametov

First appearance: part i v

Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov's tie to Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov is one of the pressures that moves Crime and Punishment—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov first appears in 0006 part i v.

With Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (psychological): Zamyotov is a police clerk with whom Raskolnikov engages in a tense, semi-confessional psychological game at the tavern, testing his theories and the investigation. With Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (psychological): Zamyotov is a police clerk with whom Raskolnikov engages in a tense, semi-confessional psychological game at the tavern, testing his theories and the investigation. With Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (psychological): Zamyotov is a police clerk with whom Raskolnikov engages in a tense, semi-confessional psychological game at the tavern, testing his theories and the investigation.

Free preview opens at this moment — character cards, Character Web, and themes sit beside the text as you read.

Character Web

10 connections

A slice of how Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov sits in the book — open the reader for the full interactive map.

RRRodion Romanov…DPDmitri Prokofy…PPPorfiry Petrov…IPIlya PetrovichAIAliona IvanovnaAGAlexander Grigorievi…

Relationship types

  • Psychological
  • Other

Character groups

  • Police and Officials
  • Protagonist
  • Central Characters

+5 more in the full Character Web

Open in reader

Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This is the emotional peak where Katerina Ivanovna's desperate, final appeal for respect and protection is pub…

Full beat labels and climax notes unlock in the reader.

Follow the arc while reading

Relationships

Relationship notes

How these ties play out is in the reading companion — open the free preview.

See Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov in part i v