About the book: 2018 / A new book by the famous Russian marine painter Vladimir Shigin is dedicated to the revolutionary sailors of Russia and covers the period from the February to the October Revolution. It was at this time that the sailors showed themselves as an independent force, with which all political parties without exception flirted, trying to enlist their support. At the same time, the sailors themselves sought to maintain complete independence not only from political parties, but also from the Provisional Government. In the struggle for the sailors' hearts and souls, the revolutionaries did literally anything, desperately competing with each other and turning a blind eye to the far-left radicalism of the sailors. About the difficult vicissitudes of 1917 associated with the sailor revolutionary movement, about the secrets associated with Tsentrobalt and the "Kronstadt Republic", The activities of Admiral Kolchak in the Black Sea Fleet and the participation of sailors in the storming of the Winter Palace are described in this book. The reader will find many new, previously unknown facts that will completely change our understanding not only of the revolutionary sailors, but also of the political situation itself in 1917.