Sergey Efimovich Butov was born on may 26, 1924 in the city of Tiflis (now Tbilisi), where his family lived next to the place of his father's service. His naval service along with the biography of the participant of the WWII he started in Baku within Caspian fleet on graduation from school on June 6, 1942. Sergey took part in the defense of the Caucasus as a sailor of the Red Army on the gunboat Pravda, and then continued to fight within Baltic fleet. His heroism during these years was awarded the medal "for Military Merit" and the order of the Patriotic War II degree. After the end of the war, he graduated from the naval school in Vyborg and The Military-political Academy named after Lenin (now-Military humanitarian University of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation). Butov served his Fatherland in the Navy, within which he spent 34 years of life, starting his career as a common sailor and retired as the captain of the first rank. He was a soldier in the third generation. A significant part of his military biography was associated with the black sea fleet and Sevastopol (1954-1966). During his navy service, Butov took part in a number of the campaigns on submarines and within groups of ships on the Black and Mediterranean seas, participated in long voyages in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. Later on, while serving in Moscow in the Main political Directorate of the Soviet army and Navy of the USSR, as a member of the crew within soviet Navy group of ships played important role in a combat operation while resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict and was awarded the order of the Red Star. During his service, he visited all the fleets, flotillas and seas of the Soviet Union. After retiring, from December 1976 to 2010, he worked as a senior researcher at the Institute of military history of the USSR Defense Ministry. All his life, even while serving in the Navy, he studied the programs, events, and fates of Decembrist sailors, creating, in fact, a catalogue of their names, photos, biographies, and statements. This material proved to be very significant in scientific work at the Institute. Having collected a huge amount of material about the Decembrist movement, Sergey Efimovich decided to tell the truth about the significance of the rightful cause of Russian patriots for the future of Russia, unfairly underestimated by generations of the new time. As a result of this work his books saw the light of the day, all about the Decembrist sailors - "Merit that can never be repaid"(awarded with the prize of the Union of journalists), "Confessions of Decembrist sailors", "In the wake of the formation", "For the cause of truth and honor". The book tells of the courageous victors of the war of 1812, who were unified sacrificial love of the Fatherland, belief in the better future for Russia, its progress and might. All of the convicted officers-seamen - participants of the uprising, described their views on the system of governance in Russia and its development. It was convincingly shown by the author that all the Decembrists were open minded personalities and with the brave hearts, high ideals of service to the Motherland, sacrifice for the homeland and loyalty to the word. These same qualities formed the basis of the character of Sergey Efimovich Butov himself. He passed away in 2012, being a bright example of an exeptional attitude to ones life, the Motherland, and women for his children, grandchildren and successors.