"From the study windows one can see the cupolas of Vladimir Church, where Dostoevsky attended services in the last years of his life..." The balcony at the house at 5/2 Kuznechny Lane. Dostoevsky had rented an apartment in this building twice, once for a very short time in 1846, and then from October 1878 until his death, on January 28, 1881. The beginning and end of his writing career turned out to be joined together in one spot.