This contemporary insight on St. Petersburg is formed from pedestrian and bus routes uniting its best architectural ensembles. One of the goals of this series is to help the reader to understand the role of the Neva river as the city"s main thoroughfare. Another goal is to revive the glory of the owners of buildings located along the banks of the Neva who built the capital and influenced the life of Russia to a great degree. Parallel text in Russian and English. 227 illustrations, both color and black-and-white.