Also known as the village of Tchermashnya, your copse at Tchermashnya.
Tchermashnya is the village and copse connected with Fyodor Pavlovitch's timber business. In Dmitri's account, Fyodor wants Ivan sent there for two or three days while he waits for Grushenka. At this first horizon it is a practical errand, but one that would remove Ivan from the house at a dangerous moment.
V-VI. For Awhile A Very Obscure One
Smerdyakov pointedly asks Ivan why he does not go to Tchermashnya, turning the errand into a loaded question about whether Ivan will stay near Fyodor Pavlovitch's House.
VIII-I. Kuzma Samsonov
For Dmitri, the estate and copse become part of his claimed inheritance and a possible security for raising money.
XI-VI. The First Interview With Smerdyakov
Smerdyakov says he urged Tchermashnya rather than Moscow because it was near enough for Ivan to be summoned if anything happened.
XI-VIII. The Third And Last Interview With Smerdyakov
In his confession to Ivan, Smerdyakov treats the departure toward Tchermashnya as the sign he needed, reading Ivan's absence as consent to leave the way clear.
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