About the book: 2015 / Among the remarkable Russian naval commanders of the past, the hero of the Sevastopol defense, Admiral Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov (1802-1855) occupies a special place. A man of legend, he was a vivid embodiment of the national military genius, a representative of the combat school of Russian military art. Nakhimov was a truly Russian naval commander who saw service in the navy as the only meaning and purpose of his life. In this book, the fate of the admiral is traced against the backdrop of the Crimean War (1853-1856), during which, according to the plans of Britain and France, Russia was supposed to lose its integrity and independence.