Memoirs of Vladimir Borisovich Lopukhin, chamberlain of the Supreme Court, a representative of a famous aristocratic family, who served in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance, in the State Chancellery and Control, bear the stamp of his origin and career, being the most valuable, and sometimes the only, source on the history of the Lopukhin family, related families, the listed departments and St. Petersburg officials, and not only before, but also after 1917. Written in excellent literary language, the memoirs of V.B. Lopukhin, are published in full for the first time and are of undoubted interest both for specialists and for a wide range of readers.