Plot Summary:Four stories developing in parallel: \"Ship\", \"Port\", \"Pompeia\" and \"Theater\" are connected with the fate of the captain of the training warship Andrey Glebov, who visited a foreign port city.
通过描写苏联黑海舰队一艘火箭巡洋舰在地中海某国进行的所谓“礼节性访问”,公开发出了要同美帝争夺海上霸权的声音,为苏联的国际政策宣扬。