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Pestryakov

A student who accompanies Koch to the pawnbroker's apartment after the murder.

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First appearance: part i vi

See Pestryakov in part i viBook page

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PPPorfiry Petrov…DUDushkinRRRodion Romanov…DPDmitri Prokofy…ZOZossimovPEPestryakov

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See Pestryakov in part i vi