The memorial will be raised by the seamen’s church “Our Saviour on the Water” in Murmansk, Murmansk Vestnik reports. The unveiling ceremony is planned to take place on Russian Navy’s Day, which is celebrated on the last Sunday of July.
The memorial will include the sail (tower) from the Northern Fleet submarine “Kursk”, which sank with 118 sailors in the Barents Sea in 2000. As BarentsObserver reported, in March the sail was found rusting at a scrap metal ground in Murmansk. The discovery created much indignation amongst Russians, and Murmansk Oblast Governor Dmitry Dmitriyenko said he would take personal responsibility for raising of a monument over the sailors on “Kursk”.
