Seraphim cemetery in St. Petersburg honored the memory of the sailors killed on nuclear submarine missile cruiser “Kursk”. The tragedy occurred 20 years ago in the Barents sea.
As the press service of St. Petersburg administration, today in St. Petersburg, inhabited by the family of 26 sailors killed in the submarine. Recently mother the captain-Lieutenant Sergey kokurina and senior Lieutenant Alexander brazhkina written about the tragedy the book “Kursk – the 20 years of the tragedy.” According to the decision of the city authorities, will soon be printed additional copies, books will be sent to schools and libraries.
Seraphim cemetery buried 32 sailors from the “Kursk”. Total on a submarine there were 118 people. No one survived.
In memory of the tragedy in 2003 at Serafimovskoye cemetery memorial was unveiled, he is a black granite cube with the bronze Petrel.
