He descended into Eternity from the deck of the cruiser Ochakov, who rebelled in Sevastopol in November 1905, as a rebel commander, - Lieutenant Schmidt. Mother Nature truly gifted Peter Schmidt with talents with royal generosity. It seems that this angered the capricious Fate. She seemed to have decided to enter into combat with nature, evil sarcastically over her chosen one. Beckoned to the rebellious "Ochakov" in order to prevent bloodshed, and... drowned hundreds of rebels and innocent people in blood. Made a "red admiral," but... just for less than a day. The volcanic love for a woman and... locked in a cell in the casemate of a mysterious island. And then, having enjoyed the suffering of the newly-minted "admiral," she sent him to the scaffold. How it was, who he is, covered with legends Lieutenant Schmidt, - this book tells.