Icebreaker "Krasin" during the Great Patriotic War

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The monograph tells about the icebreaker "Krasin" during the Great Patriotic War, about the plans for pre-war modernization, about the famous circumnavigation of the vessel, during which the icebreaker visited the United States, took part in the transatlantic convoy HX-178 and the polar convoy PQ-15. For the first time, some previously classified plots of the Krasin story will be revealed to readers. The work on the book used a large array of domestic publications on the history of the Krasin icebreaker, polar convoys, maritime operations on the Northern Sea Route, as well as previously unknown documentary sources. The book is illustrated with materials from the funds and the scientific archive of the Museum of the World Ocean, a branch of the Museum of the World Ocean in St. Petersburg "Icebreaker Krasin". Previously little-known memoirs of senior engineer P.P. Chukur and a transcript of cruise reports from icebreaker captain M.G. Markov for the period from July 1942 to February 1945 have been published. operations of the Great Patriotic War.

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Publication language: Russian

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