20 years with a tragedy on the Kursk submarine: what to see and read about a disaster that has taken off the life of 118 sailors
Why still there is no single version of the tragedy, and how the death of the submarine has reflected in Russia. Relatives of the dead submariners in the place where Kursk sank. Barents Sea, August 22, 2000 Reuters photo On August 12, 2000, a disaster occurred in the Barents Sea during the exercises on the nuclear submarine “Kursk”, which took the lives of 118 crew members. About 10 combat torpedoes exploded on the ship - 95 people died at once, and 23 survived.