The commander of a happy "perch". Russian subsidiary of the First World War. Merkushov V.A.

Vasily Aleksandrovich Merkushov is one of the first Russian submariners to work back in 1905. It was a time when everything in the Russian sub -wipes took place for the first time, when traditions were laid and a new type of officers was formed for this new weapon revolutionary for the beginning of the 20th century. The First World War V.A. Merkushov met as commander of the submarine “Okun”. In his diaries, he describes the campaign of 1914 and 1915 in the Baltic, for which he was awarded the Order of St. George IV degree and St. George weapons, shows the unprecedented courage of Russian submariners, their fearlessness and fidelity to military duty.