Which novel by a Russian author was first published in the literary journal "The Russian Messenger" and was used by  American educational web series Thug Notes, which had their pilot episode centered on it?
Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние , "Prestupleniye i nakazaniye"; ] ) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal "The Russian Messenger" in twelve monthly installments during 1866. Later, it was published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from 5 years of exile in Siberia. "Crime and Punishment" is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.
Oleg Bogayev Oleg Anatolyevich Bogayev (Russian: Оле́г Анато́льевич Бога́ев ; also transliterated as Bogaev or Bogaiev), born 1970, is a Russian playwright based in Yekaterinburg. He has been described by "Moscow Times" theatre critic John Freedman as "one of the first and best-known students to graduate from [Nikolai] Kolyada’s playwriting course at the Yekaterinburg State Theatre Institute." He is now on the faculty at the same school. Bogaev is also the editor of the "Ural" ("Russian: Урал ") literary magazine, a post he took over from his mentor Nikolai Kolyada in August 2010.