A.D. Menshikov (1673-1729) was a famous courtier and comrade-in-arms of Peter the Great. He made a dazzling career from a street peddler in Moscow to "his Highness Lofty Prince" and "Generalissimo" and won impressive victories in the Northern War of 1700-1721. After Peter"s death in 1725 he became de facto ruler of Russia under the dowager Empress Katherine I and Peter II (1715-1730). This book publishes for the first time the description of his residence in St. Petersburg at the Vasil"evskii Island. These descriptions were made after he was exiled to the village of Berezovo in 1727. The monograph studies the history of the property documents and the history of the members of Menshikov"s family. (0.705 kg.). Also available on the subject: Trudy i Dni Aleksandra Danilovicha Menshikova (2004); Menshikovskie Chteniia. Sbornik Statei (2003-20111); Istoriia Kniazia Menshikova (2003); Dvorets Menshikova (2005)Bespiatykh, Iu.N. Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov (2008).