About the book: 2013 / In a monograph based on modern achievements of domestic and foreign military historical science and with the involvement of a wide source base (including documents introduced into scientific circulation for the first time), a complex of problems associated with the actions of the domestic navy on enemy communications during the First World War was studied. The author analyzed the evolution of pre-war plans for the use of the Russian fleet, the development of forms and methods of action of its forces on enemy communications, identified the results of disruption of economic and military transportation of Germany and its allies, the influence of the “blockade” actions of the Baltic and Black Sea fleets on the course and outcome of the largest military conflict of the first third XX century. Intended for specialists and a wide range of readers interested in the history of the fleet and naval art.