minor character in Dostoevskii

[Prof Steven P Hill]

Dear colleagues, particularly those who know Dostoevskii well:

In an old German film version of "Crime and Punishment," a minor actor 
named Bersen'ev is credited with a role called in German "Kleinbuerger."  
Perhaps Bersen'ev's role could be understood as "the petty bourgeois"? 
But then, a French source identifies Bersen'ev's role in the same film as 
"le Voisin,"  which seems to come out as "neighbor."

For those who know "Prestuplenie i nakazanie" inside out, is there any 
character in the novel who is identified by Dostoevskii either as 
"meshchanin" ("the petty bourgeois"), as"sosed" ("the neighbor"), or
as something similar?

P.S.  It's definitely not Luzhin (who might conceivably be viewed as 
rather  bourgeois), whose role is clearly assigned to a different actor...

Gratefully,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois.
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