About the book: 2015 / Today we know almost nothing about the service and life of the sailors of the Russian sailing fleet, too much time has passed since those ancient times. It is this topic that is dedicated to the new book of the famous domestic writer-marinist Captain 1st Rank Vladimir Shigin, “Gentlemen Officers and Brother Sailors (Service and Life of Sailors of the Russian Sailing Fleet).” About the service of officers and sailors, about ship commanders and admirals, about how and what future naval commanders were taught in the Naval Corps, about wardroom fraternity, about rewards and punishments, about what they believed in, how they spent their leisure time, about duels and, of course, about women in life.