Moscow. August 12. INTERFAX-AVN-The lessons learned from the accident of the Kursk nuclear submarine will prevent similar tragedies in the future, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, commander of the Northern Fleet, said.
"Correct conclusions were drawn from the disaster with the Kursk nuclear submarine, which allowed us to make every effort to prevent such a thing from happening in the future," Moiseev said on Thursday at a rally dedicated to the memory of the submarine crew.
Moiseev is quoted by the press service of the Northern Fleet.
Commemorative events were held in the village of Vidyaevo, from where the crew of the Kursk left for the last campaign and near the fragment of the fence of the Kursk wheelhouse at the Church of the Savior on Waters in Murmansk. Wreaths and flowers were laid at the foot of the monuments.
The rally was attended by the commander of the Northern Fleet, the governor of the Murmansk region, the chairman of the regional Duma, as well as soldiers of the garrison and residents of Vidyaevo. The event was also attended by the father of the sailor Alexey Korkin, who died on the submarine.
Mourning rallies were traditionally held at memorials in the garrisons of the Northern Fleet in Murmansk and Severomorsk, Polyarny and Severodvinsk, at the bases of nuclear submarines: Vidyaevo, Gadzhievo, Zaozersk. At 11:28 (at this time, an explosion occurred on a submarine), flags were lowered at half-mast and a minute of silence was announced.
"In the chapels and temples located in Murmansk and in the garrisons of the Northern Fleet, memorial services were held early in the morning in memory of the dead submariners. Also, according to the maritime tradition, flowers and wreaths were launched from the pier, from which the crew of the Kursk went on its last trip, " the press service noted.
Commemorative events were also held on the Pacific, Black Sea and Baltic fleets of the Russian Federation.
The Kursk submarine sank in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000 during an exercise. According to the official version, the death of the submarine occurred as a result of the explosion of a torpedo on board during preparation for a conditional torpedo attack. All 118 crew members, representatives of the command of the Northern Fleet and the Dagestan Dagdiesel plant who were on board the boat were killed.
In 2001, as a result of a large-scale international operation, the submarine was lifted from the bottom of the sea, delivered to the Roslyakovo plant, from where it was transported to the Nerpa SRZ in Snezhnogorsk for further disposal. The only thing that was left and preserved was the control room of the submarine, which was installed in Murmansk.
