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Friday, August 13, 2010

Kursk submarine tragedy remembered ten years later


The accident onboard the nuclear submarine Kursk that happened exactly 10 years ago during the naval exercise left all 118 members of its crew, most of whom were under 30, dead.

Mourning ceremonies have been held at all fleets of the Russian Federation’s navy to remember the victims of the tragedy.

Fleet commanders and families of the victims took part in a ceremony of throwing wreaths into the Barents Sea, where the tragedy happened ten years ago.

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