Kronstadt is a legendary suburb of St. Petersburg. Nature itself created here all the prerequisites for the construction of the most important stronghold for Russia, but to see these prerequisites, the insightful gaze of the first Russian emperor was needed. Peter I considered Kronstadt an integral part of St. Petersburg and attached enormous importance to its development. The best architects of that time were involved in the construction of the city: Vasily Bazhenov, Domenico Trezzini... The Kronstadt fortress became a powerful defensive line that the enemies of Russia could not overcome either in the 18th, 19th, or 20th centuries... But Kronstadt is not only a fortress , forts, docks and port facilities. These are the people who created all this, who lived in Kronstadt and made up its glory. The book by Leonid Amirkhanov will tell in detail the history of this amazing city and its inhabitants from the moment of its foundation to the present day.