26.—On the History of Investigation and Development of the Ocean with Submarine Vehicles.

Abstract

The evolution of deep-sea investigations with the use of diving-vessels is directly connected to the development of submarine navigation. It seems that a trustworthy elucidation of some historical facts will help to restore the real picture of this branch of oceanology. We are speaking about the Russian and Soviet contribution to the development of submarine navigation and, later, underwater investigations, which is insufficiently elucidated in modern works on the history of depth development. This necessitates reviving some events directly connected with the subject under consideration in the form of brief references.