In this book, consisting of short essays written on the basis of archival and literary materials, you will find information about the history of the palaces of the family of princes of Oldenburg, about the history of the buildings of those main institutions that this family took care of, and, of course, about four generations of princes of Oldenburg in Russia, or, as Ivan Bunin calls them in his book "Cursed Days," - "Russian Oldenburg."