The book by the famous digger of St. Petersburg is written based on materials from many years of archaeological research and archival research and is similar to an exciting detective story: excellent style and a lot of interesting information make reading very exciting. While participating in the excavations of the Summer Garden, Victor Korentsvit collected unique material, thanks to which you can a new look at the history of the creation and development of the first regular garden in Russia. The author debunks many established myths and legends, finds out the origin of numerous errors that wander from one publication to another, often as folklore... The text consists of two parts: “The Summer Garden of Peter”, “The Summer Garden after Peter”. The last chapter touches on the fundamental problems of restoration. The book will be of interest to all those who are not indifferent to the history of the imperial capital. It contains about three hundred illustrations, the list of names includes more than six hundred names of famous and little-known ordinary participants in the great construction project.