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2 unusual facts about Igor Britanov


Igor Britanov

Captain Second Rank Igor Anatolievich Britanov, Soviet Navy (Ret.) was the captain of the Soviet missile submarine K-219 when it sank off the coast of Bermuda on October 3, 1986.

While waiting for his trial in Sverdlovsk in May 1987, Defense Minister Sergei Sokolov resigned and was replaced by Dmitry Yazov; subsequently, the charges against Britanov were dropped.



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