New book by V.G. Glushkova is dedicated to the near and far suburbs of St. Petersburg. It includes cultural descriptions of the sights of the Leningrad region, as well as cities and towns subordinate to the government of St. Petersburg and being the historical suburbs of the capital of Imperial Russia. A special place in the guide is given to famous architectural and artistic ensembles and monuments in Petrodvorets (Peterhof), Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo), Lomonosov (Oranienbaum), Gatchina, Pavlovsk, Shlisselburg, Volkhov, Tikhvin, Lodeynoye Pole, Ivangorod and many other cities, dozens of historical settlements and former estates associated with the life and work of famous Russians.