To create the image of a signalman sailor, Soviet sculptor Matvey Genrikhovich Manizer posed for a young cadet of the Leningrad Naval School Rudakov Olympy, who made a magnificent career, rose to the high rank of Rear Admiral, worked at the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense, headed the Naval Department at the Academy.

It is known that in the summer of June 1953, Captain 1st Rank Rudakov Olympy Ivanovich specifically to participate in the solemn parade in honor of Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her accession to the throne brought Sverdlov cruiser to Portsmouth. At the same time, Rudakov was invited to the coronation ball, and he was honored to dance a waltz with the Queen.