The novel "Captain Nevelskoy" is a work about the first Russian expedition to the Amur and Kamchatka, about the outstanding role of the famous Russian explorer G. I. Nevelskoy in the discovery and study of the Far East. The book tells about the complex, dramatic history of the settlement of the Amur estuary by Russian people, the beginning of the development of Primorye and Sakhalin. In the center of the novel is the image of the captain, later - Admiral G.I. Nevelsky, a traveler and scientist, naval commander and diplomat, a patriot of Russia and a selfless defender of her interests.