War in the Arctic

Book of Captain Far Sailing, Winner of the State Prize of the USSR, Honorary Polyarnik GD. Burkova is devoted to the little-known general public pages of the heroic defense of the Polar region during the Great Patriotic War, which in deployment in the defeat of fascist Germany can be compared with the heroic defense of Leningrad, and with the Stalingrad battle. Of particular interest is the description of the work during the war years of the Soviet transport fleet and polar stations, the details of the protection of ships on the transitions in the Arctic, the interaction of ships of the USSR Navy and allies ships. A special value of the book gives a copy of documents of the heads of the USSR and the command of the Navy of the War Period. Of great interest are reference data on the courts who participated in the defense of the Polaria, their movements, the deaths of the Military and Civil Courts, on the actions of the enemy submarines on the high seaside route