The Griboyedov Canal starts from the Moyka River near the Field of Mars.

The Communist authorities renamed it after the Russian playwright and diplomat, Alexandr Griboyedov.

"[4] The novel's protagonist, Raskolnikov, repeatedly crosses over the canal, and tentatively plans on disposing of stolen property there.

The apartment building where he commits his crimes, "faced the Ditch on one side and Srednyaya Podyacheskay Street on the other.

"[4] The canal is also featured in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short story White Nights.