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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

New nuclear submarine to be named after Saint Nicholas

Borey classThe fourth of the new Russian Borey-class strategic nuclear submarine submarines will be named after Saint Nicholas and called “Syvatitel Nikolay”.

It was during a conversation with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who visited Arkhangelsk last week, that General Director at Sevmash shipyard Nikolay Kalistratov revealed the name of the submarine, Vesti.ru reports.

Construction of “Syvatitel Nikolay” is planned to start up in connection with the shipyard’s 70 year anniversary on December 22.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete30/8/09 16:26

    These Russkies are getting so religious. Is it fatalism?

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