Nikolai Alexandrovich Lvov - an outstanding master of Russian palladianism - was one of the most enlightened people of his time, a multifaceted personality and a real embodiment of the concept of "wonderful amateur." A wonderful architect was also a painter and graphic artist, poet and composer, geologist, chemist, inventor, traveler, connoisseur of history and art. His life and career are like an adventurous, fascinating novel.