This is the first part of the annotated catalog which describes about 4,000 documents in Russian archives on the early history of St. Petersburg: construction, architecture, municipal economy, industries and trade, ethnic structure, demography, standards of living, everyday life, etc. There are many documents which cover the construction of the main buildings on the bank of the Neva: the Petr and Paul fortress, The Admiralty, Liteinyi Dvor, palaces of Petr the First and Menshikov, churches, etc. Annotated indices of proper and geographical names, and topical. On standing order only.