New Holland and its surroundings

The book of the St. Petersburg historian Tatiana Solovyova tells in detail about the history of the island of New Holland, starting with Petrovsky times to the present day. For the first time on archival sources, the existence of Palace I and his" Reserve is proved on the island of Palace. You will learn about the works performed here by the most famous architectors - boxed, Wallen-Demump, Gerard, Zakharov, Paspkin ... Unique photos of buildings inside the island will show new Holland, "which we have lost", and the colorful projects of the workshop V. B. Fabritsky will help to submit Its beautiful (possible) future.
The second part of the book tells about houses located around the island and related, first of all, with the name of Alexander Benoit. For the first time, the story of each house on washing, Admiraltei and Kryukov canals, including the mansion of the Bobrinsky and the Palace of the Grand Prince Alexander Mikhailovich, and also described about the most interesting inhabitants of these homes