St. Petersburg. Did you know? Personalities, events, architecture

Did you know that the brother of the French revolutionary Marat lived in St. Petersburg? What is a remarkable lady depicted on one of the best portraits of Repin"s brush? What is the fate of the mummy sold in the city? This is only a drop in a sea of ​​little-known realities, which will be incredibly interesting to plunge into the inhabitants of the Northern Capital and residents of other cities. This book is a collection of popular essays about unknown or firmly forgotten people, buildings, events and facts from the history of St. Petersburg. The book has four sections, each of which is dedicated to historical buildings, respectively, covering their creation, owners, secrets who happened in them events and the appearance, memorable individuals, their lives in the city, their roles in history, entertaining the facts of their biography, a separate section in honor of The last year of Italy was assigned to the work of Italian architects and masters in St. Petersburg and suburbs and the fourth part is devoted to various unusual incidents.
The publication is excellent illustrated by portraits, landscapes, drawings and photographs, and all information presented to readers are based on perennial archival surveys