The date of birth of the Siberian military flotilla is considered to be May 21, 1731. Then it was named Okhotsk, after its location. Since then, its name and composition of ships have changed more than once. The flotilla has many glorious deeds, military campaigns and victories. It was her ships that took part in the First and Second Siberian expeditions of Vitus Bering, it was her ships that defended Kamchatka during the Crimean War and held the defense of Port Arthur in 1905, and fought in battles against the troops of the Far Eastern Republic in 1922. In 2012, the 90th anniversary of the day of the last “Russian exodus” - the passage of the ships of the Siberian military flotilla from Vladivostok to Manila. A new novel by a famous Siberian writer tells about the tragic fate of Russian naval officers during the wars of the early 20th century.