This book offers studies on the history of foreign churches in St. Petersburg since the founding of the city in 1703 till the Revolution in 1917. Moreover, archivists give detailed overviews and insights in the archives concerned in question.

Pieter N. Holtrop holds a doctorate in Church History (VU University Amsterdam, 1975) and is currently Professor of Religious Studies at Södertörn Högskola in Stockholm. He has published extensively on mission history in Indonesia and the history of the Reformed Dutch Church in St. Petersburg, 1703-1917.
C. Hendrik Slechte studied history at the University of Utrecht and is a free-lance writer. In 2002 he organized the exhibition 'The Dutch Church in St. Petersburg' in the building of the former Dutch Church at 20 Nevsky Prospekt. In 2003 he was co-organizer of the conference 'The History of Foreign Churches in St. Petersburg and Their Archives, 1703-1927'.