About the book: 1954 / The book describes the defense by Russian troops in 1854 of Petropavlovsk (now Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) and the territory of the Kamchatka Peninsula during the Crimean War. In the height of the Crimean War (1853-1856), which was difficult for Russia, when an extremely difficult situation was created in Crimea, in Kamchatka, cut off from the mainland by the vast expanses of the harsh Sea of ​​Okhotsk, Russian troops were able to defeat the superior forces of the Anglo-French fleet. Academician E.V. Tarle called the Peter and Paul victory of 1854 “a ray of light” that suddenly broke “through the dark clouds»