Deep-Sea Romance Era To the 40th anniversary of the Deep Sea Manned Submersibles Laboratory
The establishment of the Deep Sea Manned Submersibles Laboratory in the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology in 1979 meant the emergence of a new direction of ocean research. The article of the permanent director of the Laboratory, the world-famous pilot of deep submergence vehicles, Doctor of Technical Sciences A.M.Sagalevich tells about the main stages of its formation and development, about its unique engineering and research team. The author also writes about the initiators of the creation of manned deep submergence vehicles - people that provide a huge work, which multiplied the glory of Russian Oceanology. A number of episodes described in the article are also covered in the book by A.M.Sagalevich “Romantic Oceanology" (2018).