The individuals of cultural capital

Nobles and favorites at the Russian imperial court

• ALEXANDER DANILOVICH MENSHIKOV (prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora)
• SHREMETEVY (the history of the dynasty and  Saint - Petersburg`s Sheremetev`s Palaces)
• RAZUMOVSKYE (from shepherd to the minister of education)
• SHUVALOVY (the rise in Elizabeth and their possessions in Saint-Petersburg and on the Karelian isthmus)
• VORONTSOVY
• STROGANOVY 
• PRINCE GRIGORY POTEMKIN - TAURIDE 
• PRINCE YUSUPOV
• GRIGORY RASPUTIN (history of the phenomenon of dark prophet in Saint-Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo)