In this book, returning to the theme of the reflection of myth in The Bronze Horseman, the researcher seeks to identify the sources of legends about the builder of the city and trace the process of mythologizing historical reality. St. Petersburg myth is a cultural myth. a term denoting a set of traditions and legends associated with the emergence of St. Petersburg and the image of the city in the minds of people and in art. The St. Petersburg myth is closely connected with the history of St. Petersburg and its role in the history of the country. The real events of the emergence of St. Petersburg were overgrown with mythological ones. images already in the minds of contemporaries. The unprecedented scale of the construction gave food for the myth about the construction of St. Petersburg from scratch. Compilation and comments: K. A. Koopman, A. M. Konechny