Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov. An outstanding Soviet writer. Laureate of the Stalin Prize. Awarded orders and medals. His pen produced several cycles of historical novels, and many essays, articles, and stories. The novel “War for the Ocean” tells the story of the fate of the second expedition to explore the Priamurye region—of the war for the Pacific Ocean; of the tragic fate of sailors sent to the Imperial Harbor in the Tatar Strait; and of the boundless courage and bravery of the defenders of the Petropavlovsk port in Kamchatka against the Anglo-French squadron.