The author, an active participant in the Russian revolution and Civil War, writes about events and people he met and knew, such as Lenin, Trotskii, Makhno and more.

The author, a professor of history, was an adviser to the President of the USSR during the stormy years of perestroika.

The book by the famous researcher of the history of the Russian fleet I. I. Firsov is dedicated to Yuri Fedorovich Lisyansky, who belongs to the glorious tribe of discoverers and trailblazers. His name is mentioned eight times on the world map. He was three times the first: he was the first to sail around the world under the Russian flag, the first to pave the way across the seas and oceans...

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