The Tragedy of the Submarine Kursk

KURSK IMAGE
NTV-RUSSIAN TELEVISION CHANNEL/AP

Happier days: The Kursk nuclear submarine docked at a naval base near Vidyayevo in the spring of 2000. This video image was shot by Captain 3rd rank Andrei Silogava, who is reportedly among the 118 seamen now known to be dead.

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