Historical research of Dr. Church History Stepan Runkevicha covers the period of two centuries of St. Alexander Nevsky Orthodox monastery in St. Petersburg, founded by Peter I in 1710, to commemorate the victory of Alexander Nevsky over the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva in 1240, which in 1797 . renamed the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. In its significance, the monastery was placed above the other monasteries of Russia. In 1720 the printing house opened, in 1726 - the Slavic-Greek-Latin Seminary, in 1809 - Theological Academy. The architectural ensemble of the monastery includes: Church of the Annunciation (1717-22 gg., The architect Domenico Trezzini, T. Schwertfeger), Theodore Church (1742-50 biennium., Architect P. Trezzini), a monumental classicist Trinity Cathedral (1778-90 gg., architect IE Starov), and others. In the Alexander Nevsky Monastery are buried Lomonosov, Suvorov, DI Fonvizin, NM Karamzin, IA Krylov, M . Glinka, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Dostoevsky, Stasov and others. figures of XVIII-XX centuries. The book is based on archive materials laurels, it is a rarity, and can serve as a primary source for those who study the history of the monastery and St. Petersburg.