Admiral Peter Ivanovich Rikord. Biography in quotes and comparisons. Tikhotsky A.

The monograph in detail, on documentary material, tells about the life and activities of the famous Russian Admiral Peter Ivanovich (1776-1855), who served in the fleet for more than sixty years and combined the talents of a military leader who did not lose a single battle, which took place in the ranks of St. Petersburg The Academy of Sciences and has become one of the founders of the Russian Geographical Society, statesman, diplomat, shipbuilder and writer, whose “Notes on swimming to the Japanese shores”, first published at the highest command of exactly two hundred years ago, continue to arouse reader's interest today.