About the book: 2015 / The hero of the book by the famous writer-marinist Captain 1st Rank Vladimir Shigin is one of the most interesting personalities in the history of the Russian fleet - Captain-Lieutenant Baranov . A talented historian, inventor and designer of small arms, he, commanding the armed steamship Vesta, emerges victorious from an unequal battle with a Turkish battleship. It is Baranov who is entrusted by Emperor Alexander the Third with restoring order in the capital after the murder of his father Alexander the Second. Baranov also gained great fame as the Governor-General of Nizhny Novgorod, becoming one of the best leaders of this region in history. It is Baranov who is the “father” of the famous Nizhny Novgorod fair, and there are jokes about his originality to this day.