The paper analyzes how diminutives are translated from Russian into Croatian in the first three parts of the first chapter of F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”. The most frequently used translation strategies - and how these are distributed - were determined by a comparative analysis of the translations. 135 diminutive lexemes were selected from the source text and analyzed. The first part of the paper presents the properties and characteristics of diminutives in both Russian and Croatian, their similarities and differences, introduces the general theory of the linguistic picture of the world and explores intercultural communication. In addition, this part focuses on linguoculturology, presents an overview of diminutive forms and suffixes in both languages, and examines translation theory. It also examines translation strategies in general, as well as solutions and problems specifically related to the translation of diminutives. The second part explains the role diminutives have in describing and evaluating the novel’s main characters and their surroundings, which is then followed by the research methodology. A study of three Croatian translations was conducted, by which three types of diminutives were identified and five strategies for their translation were determined. It was found that the strategy of neutralization was generally the most productive, but – depending on the part of the novel and the specific translation – solutions and strategies often differ since the translator sought to preserve the stylistic and expressive features of the source text.