The film tells about the life, service and combat path of the legendary admiral of the Russian fleet Stepan Osipovich Makarov.












Sea surf, waves washing up on the shore.
Portraits of Admiral S. O. Makarov, photographs of the ships on which he served.
Painting depicting the explosion of the battleship Petropavlovsk in the Port Arthur roadstead in 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War, a collage of photographs of the battleship's crew.
Monument to Admiral Makarov in Kronstadt, an inscription on the pedestal of the monument.
Seascapes.
Photographs of sailing ships in the Nikolaev roadstead, the birthplace of Admiral Makarov.
Painting depicting the ships of the Black Sea Fleet during the Imperial review in the 1850s.
Fragments of the painting of the Battle of Sinop.
Engravings depicting the events of the Crimean War and Admiral P. S. Nakhimov.
Portraits of soldiers - defenders of Sevastopol.
Portraits of Admirals Kornilov, Istomin, Nakhimov.
A painting depicting the Sevastopol Bay during the Crimean War.
Buglers sounding a signal.
A wreath-laying ceremony on the water of the Sevastopol Bay, where the ships of the Black Sea Fleet were sunk in 1854. Sailors of the Black Sea Fleet stand in formation, kneeling and with their hats removed.
Seagulls fly over the water.
A wreath on the surface of the water.
Illustrations of clashes between Russian and Turkish ships during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Portrait of S.O. Makarov as a lieutenant during the Russo-Turkish War.
Paintings depicting the operations of Russian mine boats against the Turkish fleet.
Portraits of General M.D. Skobelev and S.O. Makarov.
Paintings depicting maneuvers of sailing ships of the Russian Imperial Navy.
Cadets of the nautical school during a sailing emergency.
Cadets on the yardarms.
The helmsmen turn the wheel.
View of the upper part of the mast.
Cadets descending along the shrouds.
The process of setting the sails on a training ship.
View of the ship's sail rigging (panorama).
Photographs of Makarov with officers of the steam corvette Vityaz in 1889. Photographs of the corvette and foreign ports that Vityaz called at during its round-the-world voyage.
Photographs of representatives of various peoples.
Panorama of the ocean shore.
Photographs of everyday life and service on warships.
Fragments of climate maps compiled by Makarov during his round-the-world voyage.
Fragments of paintings depicting shipwrecks.
Inscriptions on the pedestal of the monument to the submarine Rusalka.
Fig of an angel.
Seascape (panorama).
Fragment of the text of Makarov's work on increasing the unsinkability and survivability of a ship.
Portrait of Makarov as a lieutenant.
Patent for one of the inventions issued to Makarov.
Monument to the submarine "Mermaid".
Board with the names of the perished crew members.
Flying seagull.
Portraits of S.O. Makarov.
Photograph of a meeting of the Russian Geographical Society, map of the Arctic.
Monuments to Peter I in Leningrad, a blizzard is sweeping.
Arctic landscapes, sailing ships frozen into the ice.
Interior view of part of the archival storage facility.
Title page of the Journal of the Marine Technical Committee.
Archival files on the shelves of the storage facility.
Photo portraits of the great Russian chemist D.I. Mendeleyev and Admiral Makarov.
Drawing of the icebreaker "Ermak", designed and built by Makarov.
Model of the icebreaker.
Photographs of Mendeleyev at his desk.
Photographs and engravings of the construction and launching of the icebreaker "Ermak".
Photograph of the icebreaker.
Texts of newspaper articles about the return of the icebreaker from the expedition.
Engravings depicting the icebreaker.
Icebreaker's bell with the name and date of construction "1899".
The icebreaker's bow breaks the ice. "Ermak" goes through the ice.
Arctic landscapes.
Icebreaker frozen into the ice.
Illustrations of the expedition.
Arctic landscapes, the shadow of the ship on the ice.
Makarov's works dedicated to the expedition of the icebreaker "Ermak".
Photograph of Makarov at his desk.
View of part of one of the Kronstadt canals.
Photographs of Makarov with his family in 1899, after his appointment as commander of the Kronstadt port and military governor-general.
Photographs of Makarov with officers of the Baltic Fleet and during skiing.
View of a stormy sea.
Portrait of Admiral Makarov.
Map with Port Arthur marked.
Far Eastern seascape.
Eyewitness drawing depicting the sinking of the cruiser "Varyag".
Photograph of the cruiser Varyag and its commander, Captain First Rank V.F. Rudnev.
Photograph of the gunboat Koreets and its commander, Captain Second Rank G.P. Belyaev.
Portrait of Admiral Makarov in Port Arthur.
Engravings, paintings and photographs depicting the actions of the ships of the Port Arthur squadron.
Photograph of Makarov in Port Arthur.
Photograph of the destroyer Steregushchiy.
Painting depicting the death of Steregushchiy.
Painting depicting a naval battle.
Seascape.
Photographs of the light cruiser Novik, on which Makarov flew his flag.
Photographs of Makarov among the officers and sailors of the Port Arthur squadron.
Relief map of Port Arthur and its environs, indicating the explosion of the battleship Petropavlovsk with Admiral Makarov on board by mines.
Splashes falling after the explosion.
Monuments to Admiral Makarov in Kronstadt.
Taking the oath by the Baltic Fleet sailors, a sailor reading the oath.
Faces of young sailors.
The naval brass band plays.
The sailors who have taken the oath walk in parade formation.
1984
Leningrad
Summer