Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696-1860

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Автор: Eduard Sozaev

Название: Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696-1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates

Издательство: Seaforth Publishing

Год: 2010

Формат: EPUB

Страниц: 400

Размер: 33 Mb

Язык: English

Peter the Great created a navy from nothing, but it challenged and soon surpassed Sweden as the Baltic naval power, while in the Black Sea it became an essential tool in driving back the Ottoman Turks from the heartland of Europe. In battle it was surprisingly successful, and at times in the eighteenth century was the third largest navy in the world - yet its history, and especially its ships, are virtually unrecorded in the West.