The names of Rastrelli, Cameron, the Neelovs, Rinaldi, Quarenghi, Heste, Stasov, Menelas, Monighetti, Vidov, Velten and Danini will live on in the history of Tsarskoe Selo and their works in the history of Russian and world culture. This rich edition, published in the year of the Tsarskoe Selo Tercentenary, describes novel building techniques and the delicate introduction of new architectural elements as architects of different generations implemented individual projects, while preserving the achievements of the past. The book also publishes curious information about the architects{u2019} stay and work at Tsarskoe Selo, their business relations with the Russian emperors and empresses, and the atmosphere of Kaiser ruhe (royal repose) that reigned there in the nineteenth century. The book is supplied with splendid photographs and drawings of architectural monuments and landscapes. Each architect has a chapter devoted to him. -- Summy written by John W. Emerich, Bronze Horseman Literary Agency.