The Romanov family in the 18th century

The collection, timed to coincide with the 350th anniversary since the birth of Peter the Great, features scientific and popular publications of XVIII-XX centuries, dedicated to the personality of the innovator and his reforms; documentary prose of XVIII-XIX centuries, including the compositions of the first biographers of Peter I, collections of anecdotes and legends about him; publications of XVIII century, selected by Peter I to be printed in the Civil Script; collections of documents, decrees, letters of Peter I and selected issues of the most important legislative acts of the Peter’s era; maps, plans, drafts and drawings from the “Collection of Peter I” of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, journals and other archival materials; images of the monuments dedicated to the Emperor, as well as historic sites and items, related to him.