Before our eyes, old St. Petersburg housing is disappearing into oblivion. This fourth, expanded and revised edition is an attempt to create a unique monument not to ceremonial, but to everyday Petersburg. The book by E. D. Yukhneva is dedicated to one of the most interesting aspects of the life of old St. Petersburg - its tenement houses. The author recreates in the smallest detail the atmosphere of life in luxurious “lordly” apartments with their boudoirs, offices, sofa and children's rooms, bachelor's attics, official apartments, as well as hopeless existence of closets, corners, attics and basements. You will read everything about the architecture, decoration, layout and interiors of apartment buildings - from modest wooden five-wall buildings to stone buildings of the early 20th century. You will learn how people lived without running water, sewerage, steam heating, electricity and other household benefits brought by technological progress, you will see a realistic picture of the life of a St. Petersburg apartment building. 4th edition, expanded and finalized.