About the book: 1961 / The book about the Thirtieth Coastal Defense Battery of the Black Sea Fleet tells how the heroic garrison of this battery fought the enemy during the defense of Sevastopol in 1941– 1942. Due to the nature of his official activity, the author, Major General P. I. Musyakov, had the opportunity to visit the Thirtieth Battery during the period of its construction, to be present at the first shooting. The author knew the non-fictional heroes of this book, Ivan Andrienko and Ivan Podorozhny, back in the days when they were Red Navy men. Over the course of about ten years, the author had to meet with G. A. Alexander more than once. He also knew the young unit commanders, lieutenants Pol, Adamov, Telichko, Repkov, signalman Puzin and many other officers, foremen, sergeants and Red Navy men. During the battles for Sevastopol, P. I. Musyakov edited the newspaper “Red Chernomorets”, published in the besieged city. After the publication of the first edition of the book about the Thirtieth Battery, the author received a number of interesting letters from participants in the heroic events. They helped him complete the book, but even now we still do not know everything about the fate of the blocked garrison, especially about its last days. The military publishing house and the author hope that after the publication of the second edition, new responses will be received from the soldiers of the heroic garrison who remained faithful to the Motherland to the end.