Lev Matsievich. Memorable book. Biography, documents

The book is dedicated to the memory of one of the first Russian pilots, a talented marine engineer and Ukrainian public figure Captain Lev Matsievich (1877-1910) Captain L.M. Matsievich - a shipbuilder, a submariner and aircraft - was a person who worked a lot and did a lot, who gave great hopes and capable of bringing significant benefits to the Fatherland in the future. The tragic death of Matsievich during the demonstration flight that occurred in front of the many thousands of people became the first plane crash in Russia and turned into a nationwide sorrow. Poems were written in his memory, the streets were called and books were published ...
The publication uses illustrations, texts and documents from "Collection of memory of L.M. Matsievich "(St. Petersburg 1912), which has long become a bibliographic rarity, materials from the collection and archive of the author, from the essays of Vladimir Panchenko" Sky Levka Matsievich "(Kyiv, Pulsari, 2009), the Alexander District Museum of Local Lore, the Central Museum of the military -air forces, the Russian State Archive of the Navy and other sources.
Viktor Petrakov’s book, Lev Matsievich. A memorable book (biography, documents, publications) "Awarded the National Prize" The Best Books and Publishers - 2010 "according to the Veads of the" Literary Newspaper "in the nomination" returned names"