About the book: 2006 / The battleship "Slava" was the last, fifth ship from the largest series of armored battleships ships of the "Borodino" type, ever built at domestic shipyards, "Slava" fell behind in completion and did not die at Tsushima, like its older brothers. "Slava" was built according to the French design of the battleship "Tsarevich" revised by engineer Skvortsov. Together, the two old battleships defended the Gulf of Riga from the Kaiser's fleet in 1915 and 1917. "Slava" fought valiantly both with weather-beaten battleships and with the latest dreadnoughts. During the First World War, Slava became the most famous ship of the Baltic Fleet. In the Soviet Navy, the name "Slava" was borne by a light cruiser (formerly "Molotov") and a missile cruiser, later renamed "Moskva". For a wide range of readers interested in military history.