About the book: 2006 / The book by military historian A. B. Shirokorad tells about the least known aspect of the Civil War in Russia - combat operations on rivers and lakes. River and lake red and white flotillas played an extremely important role in this war. As a rule, the firepower of flotillas significantly exceeded the firepower of ground forces fighting on various fronts and theaters of military operations. The topic of river warfare is very interesting, but almost unknown to our readers. With his book, making extensive use of illustrations and maps, the author tried to fill this gap. The picture of military operations is given objectively, without obvious biases. After all, Russian people fought on both sides of the barricades, and on each side there were both heroes and cowards and fools among them.