The Russian Ministry of Transport approves the plans for the relocation of the K-3 “Leninski Komsomol” to the Murmansk waterfront and its reconstruction into a museum on the history of the Russian and Soviet submarine fleet, the Murmansk regional administration informs. Minister Igor Levitin confirmed his ministry’s positive decision in a recent meeting with Governor Dmitry Dmitriyenko, the regional press service reports.
-It will be a fully-fledged museum, which will be a symbol of the genuine respect of our society to the history and present of the Russian submarine fleet, the governor told an audience of Navy representatives on Monday.
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With the opening of the sub museum, Murmansk City will get another remarkable museum on the history of nuclear power in the Russian Arctic. From before, the country’s first ever nuclear powered icebreaker, the “Lenin”, has opened as a museum on the history of the icebreaker fleet. The two historical vessels-museums will be located next to each other on the Murmansk waterfront. Together they can become a major tourism attraction.
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The K-3 entered service in 1959. It was based in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, and served in the Northern Fleet. It was taken out of service in 1991. The last years, the vessel has been laidup at the Nerpa shipyard outside Murmansk.
