About the book: 2007 / The construction and fate of the cruiser “Admiral Kornilov” constitutes a particularly interesting page in the history of domestic shipbuilding and the fleet. It was assumed that it would become a standard for the construction of similar ships on its own. in Russia. It was built at the time of national statehood, when apparent stability was established and everything promised success and prosperity for many decades. In shipbuilding, this was a special era of the undivided rule of the Naval Department of Admiral I.A. Shestakov, Admiral General Alexey Alexandrovich completely entrusted him with the right. “reign and own” the entire fleet.