The book reveals the secrets of the construction of the Admiralty, and also tells about the most interesting episodes of the life and work of outstanding people in houses on Admiralty Embankment and Admiralty Avenue. Separate chapters are devoted to the creation of a unique monument to Peter the Great and the reaction of talented poets and writers to it, the Admiralty Garden, the opening of the Admiralteyskaya metro station, as well as the last naval minister of tsarist Russia, who worked and lived in the Admiralty.