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"This is the dramatic story of how a single obsolescent Russian battleship named Slava, or ""Glory,"" managed for more than two years during World War I to stave off the might of the German navy. Anchored in the Gulf of Riga and supported by a collection of gunboats and old destroyers from Russia's Baltic Fleet, this old battleship was considered expendable. In 1915 it lived up to its name by playing a vital, yet underappreciatd role in the outcome of the war, preventing the German advance against Petrograd, the capital of Imperial Russia and a major industrial center."

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[Nekrasov] has a good story to tell and he tells it well, relating many anecdotes and details that are unfamiliar to western readers. -- Stephen McLaughlin Warship

[Nekrasov] has a good story to tell and he tells it well, relating many anecdotes and details that are unfamiliar to western readers. -- Stephen McLaughlin, Warship

[Nekrasov] has a good story to tell and he tells it well, relating many anecdotes and details that are unfamiliar to western readers. -- Stephen McLaughlin Warship Spring 2005

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George M. Nekrasov is a commander of the Royal Australian Navy (Ret.).

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