The British worked much in St. Petersburg - introduced club culture, medical innovations and love to landscape parks, and in the sphere of construction and architecture: with the assistance of the British many palaces, and even ensemble of Pavlovsk were created!

Seamen, engineers, mathematicians, doctors were the first British invited by the founder of the city Peter I to the new Russian capital. Many of them remained in Russia for many years and made a big contribution to development of St. Petersburg. It is possible to see on those important posts which were entrusted them how the tsar highly appreciated these experts.

The closest associates of Peter, brothers Roman and Yakov Bryus - descendants of the Scottish kings are widely known. Roman became the first commandant of St. Petersburg, and the general field marshal Yakov Bruce ordered the Russian artillery in the Poltava battle. Also the English shipbuilder Richard Broun who actually directed construction of the Baltic fleet became famous.

The British community which became  one of the first foreign communities of St. Petersburg continued to grow even after death of the emperor Peter I.