The main character is a young man named Ivan, who becomes a corsair and goes on a journey through the seas of the Mediterranean Sea, where he meets different cultures and civilizations, learns new technologies and ways of life, and realizes that the only way to survive in these conditions is to be able to adapt to changing circumstances. The plot of the book 'Корсары Николая Первого' revolves around the life of the Cossacks in the 18th century, specifically the story of a young man named Ivan, who embarks on a journey as a corsair to survive in the conditions of constant wars. The novel explores the theme of technology evolution and the need for a personal paradigm for perceiving the technological process of developing modern knowledge as the basis for human survival. At the beginning of the book, Ivan is living in a small village in Ukraine, which is constantly under attack by the Ottoman Empire.

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