"Young Russia" by Yu. German is a historical novel about the transformation of the Russian state at the turn of the 17th-18th centuries in the era of Peter I, about the liberation of Russian lands along the shores of the Baltic Sea, the defense and strengthening of Arkhangelsk. In V. Vakhman's story "Tricks of the Sea Demon," the young fenrich of the Russian fleet Elizar Ovchina-Shubnikov did not even know that fate was preparing so many tests for him. He has to act with a blade and a pistol, engage in fights with cunning spies. The most difficult thing was to expose the insidious sea demon, whose tricks confuse even Peter I. The book also included S. Pisarev's story "Vasily Korchmin - Izhora Land Scout," describing the events of the reign of Peter I.