The book is dedicated to the heroes of the Russian military sailing fleet, who defended the interests of Russia in the Russian-Turkish wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the Mediterranean Sea. Among them is Lieutenant Commander E.F. Razvozov, captain of the frigate Venus. This was the heyday of the Russian military sailing fleet, when the St. Andrew's flag fluttered in many seas, when the Archipelago Governorate in the Aegean and the Ionian Governorate in the Ionian Sea were a reality, when our ships and the ships of the Greek rebels smashed and sank Turkish ships. This was the time of Russian privateers who had patents issued by Count Orlov, Prince Potemkin, Admirals Ushakov and Senyavin for the destruction of enemy ships...